Official: Vitolo al Getafe

Vitolo will play next season at Getafe. The transfer of the Canarian midfielder (31 years old) to the azulón club from Atlético de Madrid is now official. “Getafe CF and Atlético de Madrid reach an agreement in principle for the loan of Víctor Machín Pérez, Vitolo, in the absence of a medical examination. The Canarian international midfielder, trained in the UD Las Palmas quarry, played for Sevilla FC where he won 3 Europa League Championships in 2014, 2015 and 2016, in addition to adding a League Title with Atlético de Madrid in 2021, a European Super Cup in 2018 and another Europa League Championship in 2018. The presentation will be on Monday, July 5, at 12:00 in the press room of the Coliseum “, reads the official statement.

Atlético needs to remove the salary mass and Vitolo has a high profile with Atlético, a club to which he arrived with the vitola of an important footballer and with whom he has a contract until June 2022. The player always saw Getafe as a preferential option, since it is a very established team in the First Division and does not have to move from the capital of Spain. In addition, Míchel's coaching staff have indicated that he will be a protagonist in the team. Getafe, like Atlético, begins training on the 7th and by then Vitolo will do so with his new teammates.

After a difficult season at Wanda Metropolitano, in which he could barely play 454 minutes, The footballer had already expressed his wish not to have another year like this and that, therefore, he would talk to the club to find a way out, because at Atlético it would be difficult to become one of the important players. “QI want to be happy playing soccer as I have always done. If it is in the Atleti better; if not, we will look for the best for both parties “he argued. The canary received proposals from LaLiga and from abroad. He will finally play at the Coliseum.

At Atlético, they now have a vacancy to fill. The sport management plan is to give trust Marcos Paulo, who is already in Madrid and in whom they have a lot of faith. The brazilian will start working with his new team on Wednesday, the day of the start of the preseason, wanting to convince Simeone that he can have a hole in the champion's squad.