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Atlético de Madrid he's looking for a new striker. An affirmation that does not necessarily mean that it will be able to be transferred to reality because the mattress team, like many other clubs, is in a complicated situation due to the crisis generated by the coronavirus.
A crisis that in the case of Athletic it was valued at more than 100 million euros of loss, in a budget reduction for 20/21. A situation that has made the offices of the Metropolitan assume that quite possibly, due to the desire to change several positions in the face of this upcoming course, it cannot be 100% fulfilled.
This prelude has to do with the fact that, between desire and reality, right now there is a life in the case of the Athletic. And that affects, for example, one of the names that generate the most illusion in the mattress fans. We talk about Luis Suarez, forward of FC Barcelona.
The Catalan team does not have him, Athletic his fans like it even more, as a possible replacement for the forward … but the reality is stark in this sense and in the rojiblanco club they assume that it is an operation that today borders on the impossible. The environment of the player already knows it from the mouth of the mattress club itself.
Because of how events are taking place, it is reasonable to think that many remembered what happened in the case of David Villa, who gave a great performance as rojiblanco. But unfortunately for him Athletic, the situation is not the same.
The concern of the mattress box is now due to the departure of Diego Costa, which is the one chosen to make cash. But it is not an easy situation. He has a high record and the rojiblanco team paid 66 million euros for him to Chelsea. He has one year left on his contract and the Athletic You will not be able to enter too much for it, if you find a club that takes care of the whole situation.
The departure of a striker is a ‘sine qua non’ condition for even dreaming that Suárez or any other candidate could land on it Metropolitan. It is true that in the last hours the name of Alvaro
Morata in relation to Juventus, but the rojiblanco team is clear that the Madrid will not come out.
AN UNFAILABLE SALARY
If Atlético managed to resolve the issue of Coast, in the case of Luis
Suarez there would still be a huge problem. The Uruguayan salary. That in the Barça exceeded 20 million euros. Even if the salary was cut by more than half, the Athletic it would be almost impossible. Let us remember that, facing the next season, by regulations of The league, the teams can only use 25% of the income from signings plus the saving of chips from those who leave, to sign. That is to say, that paying the salary, even downward, of the Uruguayan, would need to Coast, but him and several other important footballers.
A payroll, on the other hand, that would have dynamited the salary balance of the locker room. And all for a player who is already 33 years old, on his way to 34.
With the current conditions, we already said, the Athletic understand that the matter borders on the impossible. We will have to see how the market evolves. The rojiblanco club is thinking right now of players who could arrive free, or with a loan with an option to buy.
As much as he likes it, the Athletic was in talks to sign him when he was active in the Ajax, but he went to Liverpool finally, the truth is that right now it is almost impossible. If the situation were to change, it would be seen, because it is not the first time that the rojiblanco team has juggled to find a way out of this labyrinth that seems to have none. In his day he already achieved it in the signings of Coast, Morata or this past winter with Cavani, which he had done in an operation that was blown up by a final request from the player's environment.