Renan Lodi, a gold winger

Renan Lodi has adapted to Atlético at an unprecedented speed. Arrived from Brazil the summer of 2019, at 22 he has managed to insert himself into Simeone's defensive system despite the abyss that separates the style of football that he played in the Athletico Paranaense to the mattress maker.

Without giving up his offensive ability, constantly raising the band, always offering himself on the left side and appearing with great danger thanks to his ability to combine and control the ball, Renan Lodi has managed to improve significantly in his defensive game. And of course it cost him, seeing the red in his official debut against Getafe and being replaced in several tight matches to put more experienced players in First position as Saúl or Hermoso.

However, Lodi has not stopped working to progress in that facet, where he still has matches with gaps and disconnection plays, but it has left its best version in the most demanding matches. The best match of the Brazilian came in Liverpool's visit to the Wanda Metropolitano. Against Salah and Alexander-Arnold, two of the best players in the world, he was impassable, strong, confident, focused and at an extraordinary defensive level. Also at the Camp Nou he left a good version despite being measured with Messi and Semedo.

The most valuable room

The economic crisis linked to the global coronavirus pandemic caused a global decline in the market value of all footballers. In the case of Lodi, its reduction in the price of Transfermarkt was the smallest of the entire workforce, from 35 to 31.5 million, something that helped him climb positions between the left backs to become the eleventh most valuable in the world.

But its progression is unstoppable. The new calibration of the specialized website has placed him at 50 million worth. An increase of almost 20 million that serves to become the fourth most-quoted left-back in the world. Only Alaba (65 million), Robertson (64) and Alphonso Davies (60) they surpass him, being the Canadian the only one who competes in age (19 years).

Lodi has become an indisputable player in the Simeone scheme. With 3,227 minutes played, he is the fifth player in the squad that has played the most and the first of the signings. Only the concentration of matches after the break led Cholo to look for him a break through Manu Sánchez. The youth squad has also been progressing and is, along with Lodi and Llorente, the only one that has carried out an increase in market value in the last few hours. In his case the prominence of end of course has taken him from 2.7 million to 8. Llorente's explosion up front has served to increase from 16 to 40 million. Three players in mid-flight where Lodi has been one of the great sensations of the course and has all the future ahead to write his name etched in the history of Atlético.