Heads and tails on Atleti loans: Saúl, Grbic, Vitolo, Manu …

Manu Sánchez and Grbic are the face of a coin in which Saúl is the cross: the one of the loaned Atlético is 2021-22. AS puts the focus, after just over a month of the start of the season, on the 'erasmus' of 13 rojiblancos. There is everything. Gray abounds, medium tone. With only two names that dazzle, the left back in Osasuna and the goalkeeper in French Lille, and one surrounded by black and questions, the one from Elche. In Chelsea he will train in his position but playing, he does not play.

He has not yet come back from his bad debut. 45 minutes against Aston Villa as soon as he arrived with two turnovers, creating “some half chances for the rival”, as his coach, Tuchel, later argued, they have condemned him. Then, zero minutes in the Premier and the Champions League. Just one more game, in the EFL Cup. And watching on TV how other homegrown players do triumph this year away from Cholo.

Homegrown as Manu Sánchez, important for Arrasate, 531 ’and a goal against Rayo. Homegrown as Camello, whose history at Mirandés could not have started better: three goals in the first two games. Riquelme, in the same boat, also debuted a goal but still does not have the title, like Garcés in Leganés. Mollejo, meanwhile, does count in Tenerife and Valera, signed for Real B, has already played with A, three games.

The letters from goalkeeper Grbic from Lille could not have started better. 810 ’, titular and decisive. Morata, now injured, is also doing well. Nehuén (the only rojiblanco in the world without minutes) or Vitolo, who is persecuted in Getafe not only by the general bad start but his particular physical ordeal, cannot tell the same thing. Marcos Paulo enters and Arias more or less, without regularity but without being Saúl either.

These are the loans from Atlético, in order of minutes played:

Grbic (Lille): 9 games, 810 ’, 9 goals conceded

Holder in League and Champions with the French champion, who already wants to keep it. The fans are also delighted with the goalkeeper. Against Marseille he was the hero. He has returned with the Croatian national team.

Manu Sánchez (Osasuna): 7 games, 531 ’, 1 goal

The youth squad is growing a lot with Arrasate, who has been getting the best from the side since January, especially in attack. Its centers are dangerous and increasingly precise. In addition, Osasuna's push brings him closer to the area. This is how he scored the winning goal against Rayo. He is one of the best he is taking advantage of this year and earns points for a future at rojiblanco.

Morata (Juventus): 7 games, 433 ’, 3 goals

A fiber break has left him without going to the National Team, but he is one of the leaders of Juve, with three goals (a goal against Milan) and an assist. His future does not go through Atlético, although his performance does depend on his price and the decision that the team makes. bianconero with the.

Germán Valera (Real Sociedad and subsidiary): 9 games, 420 ’

One of the jewels of Atleti shines in a well-chosen club for its progression. Xabi Alonso has him in the Sanse for both bands and even Imanol has made him play in three games with the first team. He is taking advantage of the loan and is delighted in San Sebastián.

Camello (Mirandés): 5 games, 371 ’, 3 goals

A soccer player with a goal, also in Second. He came to Anduva to be the rojillo scorer and he complied from his arrival. Double to Las Palmas in the debut and then the same (Alcorcón) and an assist. A fixed.

Marcos Paulo (Famalicão): 6 games, 319 ’

A regular starter, sometimes as a striker and others on the left wing, he is not having fortune in front of the goal, which his team needs the most. In his first year in Europe he is responding, although without breaking the door down.

Mollejo (Tenerife): 5 games, 255 '

He jumped from Mallorca to Tenerife and Ramis gave him stripes from the start. Now the eleven alternates with the bench, but always contributes from the second line of the Blue and White attack.

Vitolo (Getafe): 4 games, 195 ’

He only started against Sevilla and a muscle injury has prevented him from playing in the last three games, including Atleti's visit to the Coliseum. The bad start of Getafe did not help either. Now he tries to convince Quique, the new Azulón coach.

Arias (Granada): 2 games, 180 ’

The Colombian alternates on the right side with Quini, although he seems to have an advantage in Robert Moreno's plans. He has not been summoned by his selection.

Borja Garcés (Leganés): 6 games, 131 '

Garitano has put him in every game in the last half hour, never as a starter. The forward has not yet seen the goal, but he pleases in the moments that the coach gives him.

Saúl (Chelsea): 2 games, 121 ’

He left Atleti “for not training in his position”, but at Chelsea his bad debut continues to weigh on him, with extremely dangerous losses. He has not played in the league again or made his debut in the Cham-pions. He has only had minutes in the EFL Cup (76 '). In London he will train in his place, but he does not play. In Atleti he played 74% of the minutes. Figure that falls to 13% in England.

Riquelme (Mirandés): 3 games, 97 ', 1 goal

One of the most talented homegrown players. He left with Camello to Miranda and was to arrive and kiss the saint, with his goal against Las Palmas in the debut. An injury left him out of two games, but Escobar is counting on him.

Nehuén (Udinese): 0 games, 0 '

He arrived at the last minute in Udine and, despite the fact that Gotti plays with three centrals, the Argentine has not yet had the opportunity to debut.