Atlético has made Yannick Carrasco's continuity official for the next four seasons after reaching an agreement with his home club, the Dalian Yifang of China, although the amount of the transaction has not been disclosed. The Belgian, well, fulfills his desire to continue in the rojiblanco club, after arriving on loan on the last day of the winter market as a reinforcement for the mattress attack. In these six months He has played a total of 16 games in which he has scored a goal and has given four assists, being an important piece for Simeone. The Athletic I had been negotiating its continuity for some time and he has finally achieved his goal.
Carrasco, 27, already had a first stage at the club, which arrived from Monaco in the summer of 2015 and played 126 games in which he scored 23 goals and gave 17 assists before head to China in February 2018. This winter Atlético wanted reinforce your attack in the absence of a goal and his main objective was to sign a center forward. However, given the impossibility of being able to carry out this movement, Simeone decided to bet on an old acquaintance and he thought of Carrasco to give more resources to his attack.
Although at first it was difficult for him to enter the dynamics of the team, as he himself acknowledged in recent statements, little by little it took shape and became a outstanding player for Cholo, as evidenced by the fact that He started at the Camp Nou in LaLiga, forcing the two penalties that resulted in Saúl's goals and that allowed the colchoneros to add a point (2-2). In addition, he was also in the starting eleven in the most important game of the season, the Champions League quarter-final match against Leipzig in Lisbon. Now he has four more years to continue confirming that he can be a differential footballer at Atlético.