Vitolo opens the exit door

“I want to be happy playing football; if it's at Atleti, the better.” With these words, Víctor Machín 'Vitolo' opens the door to leave the rojiblanco club. And this is the first time that has happened since he arrived in the summer of 2017. He wants to play and, if that is not possible at Atlético, he will hear offers, something he did not do in the summer of 2018, nor in the summer of 2019, nor in 2020. He has one year left on his contract with the rojiblanco club, which will not force his departure and will let the player decide his future.

Vitolo (who will be 32 years old in November) He will almost certainly be one of the footballers who will start the preseason on July 7 at Cerro. Before making a decision, the player waits for a definitive conversation with Cholo. If Simeone tells him that he will have him in some way in 2021-22, he will be closer to staying. If not, that door that he closed on Monday with his statements on Instagram will open completely.

No offers yet

Of undeniable talent, great conditions and superb driving, Vitolo, one of the footballers most loved by his teammates in the dressing room, by the way, things haven't turned out for him at Atlético. One of the LaLiga players in that distant 2017 when he decided to change Sevilla for Atlético, amid controversy, something that he was able to somatize and still pays in the form of injuries that have prevented him from having continuity, has gone less, less and less in the rojiblanco club until this season, 2020-21, in which his presence was almost anecdotal: 454 minutes, 9% of those played by the team in the League (A year ago, for example, he played 1,482 ').

At the moment there are no offers. At the moment, too, it seems difficult for Vitolo to continue in LaLiga, since, with the economic situation on the wire of all the clubs due to the pandemic, there are teams that follow (such as Villarreal or Getafe) but not they can offer the player a salary similar to that charged at Atlético (just over 5 million in net) so the options would be located abroad. Qatar or Arabia can be destinations.