Atlético continues to prepare for the start of the course in Los Angeles de San Rafael. The rojiblanco team, which began the preseason on July 7, He has been in the Segovian town all week, a stay that Simeone and Prof. Ortega take advantage of to charge the batteries of their players.
And during the two sessions on Thursday, Saúl Ñíguez did not jump onto the grass. The rojiblanco canterano made individualized work out in the gym, Something that would not have anything in particular if it were not for the fact that his future is up in the air and in recent days his departure seems to have accelerated. Atlético and Barcelona remain focused on a negotiation that it would end with the mattress midfielder wearing the Barça shirt and with Griezmann returning to the rojiblanco club. Oblak and Kondogbia were also on the sidelines in the morning, but they did join the group in the afternoon session.
During yesterday, Saúl was one of the three working sessions of the team. The last one featured the presence of Miguel Ángel Gil, CEO, and Andrea Berta, sports director of the entity, who chatted for almost 20 minutes with Simeone perhaps by bringing you up to speed on the negotiations. Atlético will return to exercising tomorrow morning with the aim of arriving in the best possible physical condition to the league debut against Celta (August 15), although the bulk of the squad continues on the sidelines enjoying their vacations for having competed with their national teams. It remains to be seen if Saúl will participate with the rest of the group or if he keeps doing individualized work.