Moussa Dembélé will be Atlético's new striker and his arrival is already very close to materializing. Throughout this Saturday, in parallel with the sporting issue of the postponement of the meeting, the talks between clubs have advanced to finish the operation, but the last details of the contract, such as the purchase option, are still missing. The 24-year-old Lyon player is already convinced and will arrive on loan until June, one of the requirements of the Madrid club in its search for a replacement for Costa. If nothing goes wrong, it won't take long for him to be rojiblanco officially, but He will not be able to debut immediately, as he is recovering from a broken arm which occurred before Christmas. It is expected by the end of this month.
The ram scored 24 goals last season and 23 in the previous one, but in this he has lost weight in the plans of Rudi Garcia. This year takes a goal in 670 minutes who has played in 16 games. This downturn is what has enabled Atleti to tempt him. The rojiblanca entity asked about the transfer and Lyon has accepted, and the managers are still talking about an option to keep it from the summer. The rojiblanco club already has an agreement with Dembélé and rules out a purchase obligation. The Rhone team coach hinted this Friday that he was not very convinced by his departure, but in reality the sports management already He has chosen his replacement: Slimani, from Leicester.
The ram gives the sporty profile … and economic
Costa's departure has meant a certain relief in the accounts. Dembélé adjusts to Atlético's economic possibilities, to whom other names have fallen for this matter, for example, Milik, from Napoli (which is still on the agenda, but already thinking about next summer, when he is free). As well fits into the sporting profile of what Berta and Simeone were looking for, that according to information from France spoke directly with the player. The striker was convinced that he wanted to embark on the project of the leader of the League, also aware that Luis Suárez has the title of title holder.
The Frenchman has been one of the strikers with the most suitors in recent summers. In this last sounded very loud to sign for Chelsea. But so far this season things have not turned out as he wanted, his cache has suffered … Transfermarkt the rate at 30 million euros, although a year ago worth fifty. Around those 30 million they have discussed both clubs for the option of purchase in summer.
Thus, at Atleti, the Diego Costa era is over, Luis Suárez has become the piece that Simeone longed for and the coach has another striker to continue adding match by match in the League and in the Champions League. The transfer is made, Dembélé is very close to dressing the rojiblanca and the issue of '9' is put to an end, which was in danger of becoming a soap opera again …