The preseason is for testing and, in the face of so many absences, Simeone is getting to know the players of the Atleti quarry better and rehearsing with them. Because in the short term it will be difficult, but in the medium term maybe not so much. And some of the boys are pleasing the coach. One of them is Javi Serrano, to whom he gave the title in Wolfsburg. At 18, he formed a trident in the middle with Kondogbia and Lemar and was one of the highlights of the match. A present and future project to which the club is well attached.
The youth is responding to expectations and in June he extended his contract until 2026. Thus, the sports management wants to scare off the suitors who want to seduce the midfielder, international for Spain in all the inferiors until the U-18. He has been in the rojiblanca house since he was seven years old and the interest from some Italian teams and, above all, from PSG, who approached him in 2020 and does not lose track of him, although he already knew then that he has it complicated, because Serrano only thinks about rojiblanco.
In 2020-21 he was proclaimed champion of the League with Juvenil and, in March, he made his debut with Atlético B, where this season he will try to fight for promotion to Second RFEF. In the club they are not in a hurry and they will treat this talent with care, knowing that he is making leaps in his performance. Your learning during these weeks with the first team will be very useful to Tevenet.
Easily recognizable on the lawn by its mane, it already shows qualities of a complete midfielder. When he does not have the ball he bites the rival and exhibits a great physical display; when he retrieves it, he is able to move it with quality and speed. This was demonstrated against Wolfsburg, playing simple with Kondogbia or towards the forwards if he saw an opportunity. And he did not wrinkle, despite taking a good blow at first that left him sore. Simeone takes note of all this.