Atlético wants to advance this weekend in their search for the striker that Simeone is missing to complete his squad. The rojiblanco club needs a player who reinforces up, can accompany Luis Suárez or give him a change and rest if necessary, since the Uruguayan will turn 35 in January. The main option is Dusan Vlahovic and the Serbian continues to be the one highly desired by Andrea Berta and Simeone for his enormous future (he is 21 years old), goal (he scored 21 goals in Serie A last season) and characteristics such as '9'.
So much so that in Italy they indicate that Cholo himself would have contacted the striker. Nevertheless, Fiorentina's claims are very high, the days go by and we have to look for alternatives. The agreement with Vlahovic is not a problem, the player welcomes wearing the red and white shirt and Atlético does not give up in its efforts to convince the Italian club, which has raised its claims to 100 million. For this reason, the footballer's pressure to leave and his desire to play in LaLiga could be important. With that path still open, it is necessary to have a plan B and Matheus Cunha has become strong as that variant to Serbian.
It is not a '9' to use and its characteristics are very different from those of the Vlahovic tank. Cunha can exercise as a reference above, as he did many minutes with Brazil in the Olympic Games, scoring Spain in the final, but its natural position is behind the tip. He is 22 years old, last year he did eight goals and eight assists and stands out for his technical quality and talent in the last meters. The Hertha Berlin player has a quote of 30 million on Transfermarkt and has the disadvantage of being extra-community, which would leave it was obligatory to go to Nehuén and Arias (Felipe and Lodi occupy the two fixed places).
And Cunha will not play Wolfsburg today. Hertha left him out of the call without suffering any physical problems and after having played 65 minutes last week against Colonia, where he gave an assist. As Sky Sport explained in its German version, Matheus Cunha has been left out of the list since the club is in negotiations for a transfer. Those conversations would be with Atlético, which has not lost sight of him and knows that he has to have a letter in case Vlahovic's fails. Rafa Mir set course for Sevilla and there are also other names on the agenda such as Maxi Gómez or Joselu, but Cunha is option B of the technical secretariat and will not play today waiting for his future to be solved.