The
Atlético de Madrid
has no doubts. The mattress club has blind faith in the most expensive recruitment in its history, that of Joao Felix. In the rojiblanca entity they are convinced that the great ‘incorporation’ for the next course will be that of the Portuguese star.
The bet of Athletic For the young Portuguese, he did not go to the gallery, it was a medium / long-term bet. You are not bluffing when you put 127 million euros on the table to sign the most expensive signing in the history of the club, of Portuguese football and one of the most expensive in the beautiful game in his entire life.
In the mattress club, in the coaching staff as well, they are convinced that the third season of Joao Felix in the Athletic it will be that of his definitive explosion, which will be the one that places the talented young man at the level that is assumed in terms of quality.
In the end, what Simeone He has demanded continuity from the player, it is to be able to maintain over time that level that he offered at the beginning of last year. In fact, many are left with the final part of the season, in which he was in the spotlight because he lost the title and his performances were not brilliant. However, they forget that the Portuguese was key for the Athletic signed his best moment of the course, for the month of November, he threw the team on his back and signed brilliant performances.
The Portuguese was a true cyclone that commanded the mattress team in its initial climb. Eight goals and three assists in that section of the season, with superlative performances such as those made against him Cadiz or Osasuna. Or with his performance before him Salzburg that was praised on average Europe
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At Atlético they are convinced that what prevented him from maintaining that level throughout the course, the physical problems and injuries to his ankle, will no longer be a problem after the operation. The player had surgery a few weeks ago. Y Simeone it is clear that it was necessary. “The step he is going to do is important for everyone, especially for him, because in order to compete and demand that he be able to show all his talent and his game, he needs to be well. For several months he has been dragging an injury that does not let him be the same. I hope that everything goes well and that in two months he will be competing with us ”, explained the technician before the intervention
UNTOUCHABLE
And it is that, no matter how much criticism accompanies him, the player's progression has been stable in these first two years. Another of the points that make Atlético think that they will end up triumphing as rojiblanco. In the first season he played 36 games, 28 as a starter (2,481 minutes), with nine goals and three assists. In the previous season, those numbers were already 40 games, 23 starting (2,351 minutes), with 10 goals and five assists. And we are talking about a course in which he missed six games due to injury. More goals and more assists in the last campaign, more games, less at the beginning, yes, but taking into account that, as it was discovered a few weeks ago, he played with a micro-break in the foot from the end of 2020 until this past ended.
As we already told you months ago, when since FC Barcelona a barter was raised Griezmann-Joao Félix, the player is non-negotiable. Situation that has not changed now in the negotiations between clubs with the subject Saul and French. Not only in the case of the Catalan team, but for anyone who is interested in it as it happened months ago, with a great offer from the Manchester United which was also rejected.
There will be no talk about the Portuguese, he continues to be a pillar in the project for the coming course although he will have to fight to regain his starting role, with a lot of competition in the team's attack zone.