Trippier and the unexpected headache on the side for Atlético

And suddenly the Mirror he dropped the bombshell, three days ago. That Trippier would have confessed to his team mates, England, his desire to go to Manchester United this summer. A publication, and a confession that, if fulfilled, would be an unexpected headache for an Atlético without money already forced to tetris this summer, with a sale there, I fit this piece here …, to be able to close operations and improvements to an already champion squad. Some improvements that, as Cholo Simeone has asked the club in their conversations for the extension of his contract until 2024, speak of a name (Lautaro Martínez) and three positions, the front, the middle and the left back.

The problem? That in the event that it is true that Trippier, who whenever possible has expressed not only his love for Atlético but also his desire to stay, want to leave, the team will have a hole on the right to plug. An unexpected problem that can be tricky. Just as Cholo has left sides in his squad, which he may like more or less, but, in the case of not signing a left-back the club this summer, it has quality responsesBut if Trippier leaves, a must have, Cholo has nothing to do with it.

Neither Vrsaljko nor Arias

Because Trippier is not just a footballer who has brilliantly adapted to the needs of this Atlético del Cholo, the fourth most used outfield player by Cholo (3,086 'and that he missed nine games due to the disqualification of the FA due to a case betting), is that it has no substitute right now in the template. Because Vrsaljko, his substitute this season, has played only 15% of the minutes in the League affected by COVID, muscle injuries and arthroscopies in his operated knee. And Arias, Atlético's third right-back, on loan in 2020-21 to Bayer Leverkusen, suffered a serious injury seven months ago with his national team, as soon as the season started. Fibula fracture that two weeks ago they took him back to the operating room, for the ankle.