Milik is again Atlético's priority target

Diego Costa's injury and the loss of Luis Suárez by Covid have shown that Atlético needs another forward in its squad if it aspires to play all competitions. Before Costa's worrying illness, Atlético de Madrid's management was already contemplating different scenarios for the January market. And he did not rule out that Diego Costa would leave, since he concluded his contract on June 30 and could advance his departure. If the Brazilian Hispanic forward were to come out, the chosen forward is Arkadiusz Milik.

The Polish striker was already on Atlético's agenda last summer. He was interested in getting together with Luis Suárez to face the season with three top-level nines, since Simeone does not consider Iván Saponjic to play in his team based on the use that has been made of it all last season and what has been disputed in the current one.

Atlético's financial situation prevented the signing of Milik, who was one step away from signing for Roma to replace Dzeko, that he was going to go to Juventus, but in the end the Bosnian stayed in Rome and the Pole and Naples and Morata left Atlético on loan to Juventus.

Milik ends his contract with Napoli in June, so Atlético would negotiate a downward transfer for a player who is free in six months. The Polish striker has more options such as Everton and Tottenham Hotspur, but Atlético will compete for their services.

In 2016, Napoli signed Milik from Ajax, where he arrived from Bayer Leverkusen. This season he is not playing because he did not agree to extend his contract in the summer and De Laurentiis, the extravagant Naples president, decided not to enter him in any competition after the last two seasons he was the team's top scorer. The normal thing is that Milik leaves the Calcio in January. And Atlético will be one of the teams that will try to sign him because they need a forward.