One of the players who had all the ballots to leave the Atlético de Madrid was Ivan Saponjic. However, the little movement in the market has caused it to continue in the mattress discipline, despite the fact that it has been Diego Pablo Simeone does not have the forward.
Despite everything, the Serbian stiletto tried to gain the trust of the Cholo in the minutes he was on the field of play. He scored one of the four goals scored by the rojiblanco team. Despite not enjoying many minutes as usual.
Last season he played three official games only. He debuted already in 2020, at the end of January in the Copa del Rey coming off the bench against the Cultural Leonesa. A day to forget due to the elimination at the hands of a Second B. 61 minutes played that day. His debut in the league came a few days later against Leganés. He only played three minutes. His last appearance came at the end of the championship. Another three minutes he added against him Celta Vigo in July.
During the past season, he saw subsidiary players as is the case of Dario Poveda or Sergio Camello they entered the lists of summoned before him. A footballer for whom Atlético de Madrid paid close to half a million euros to Benfica for your hiring. And that he was the star of the Serbian Under-21 National Team, forming an attacking pair with Jovic.
At the moment everything indicates that Saponjic he will stay one more season in the squad. And that has aroused the interest of teams both in Turkey
like in Scotland
. We will see if he is able to reverse the situation or spend a testimonial season again …