Categories: Football

What cracks were about to reach Atlético de Madrid?

Rodrigo Moreno

The Spanish player was very close to Atlético de Madrid. Simeone insisted on signing him to complete the team’s lead but in the end it could not be as it depended on Correa’s departure.

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JOSE JORDAN
AFP

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James Rodriguez

The Colombian player was on the rojiblancos’ agenda when he was still unclear if he would return to Real Madrid after being on loan at Bayern Munich. Faced with the possibility of not counting for Zidane, the player himself showed interest in Atlético.

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PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU
AFP

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Edinson Cavani

Simeone wanted him to come at the time Griezmann was signed, he was very close, but he finally ended up at PSG for financial reasons. It continues to be a priority for the Argentine coach every time the transfer market opens.

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FRANCK FIFE
AFP

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Ivan Rakitic

The Croatian player was on the red and white agenda in the summer of 2013 but his possible signing was scheduled for the following season. In June 2014, Barcelona reached an agreement with him and with Sevilla, a fact that distanced him from Atlético de Madrid.

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Tim Clayton – Corbis
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Lacazette

The Arsenal player was about to sign for the Madrid team in 2017 but was prevented by the FIFA sanction for which the rojiblancos could not sign during the two market windows of that year. If the TAS that summer had lifted the punishment, Lacazette would have arrived at Atlético.

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Icardi

Inter wanted to get rid of the Argentine striker and the Italian club offered the player to the Atletico club. That year, finally, Atlético de Madrid opted for the young Portuguese promise João Félix and Icardi ended up at PSG.

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FRANCOIS LENOIR
REUTERS

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Dybala

With the departure of Griezmann from Atlético de Madrid, one of the most exciting substitutes among the Atletico fans was the Juventus striker from Turin, according to a survey carried out by Diario AS. Dybala came out ahead of players like Lacazette, Aubameyang, Oyarzabal.

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MASSIMO PINCA
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Alexis Sanchez

“I don’t see him leaving another Premier League club and I think he should go back to La Liga. I see Alexis joining a club like Atlético de Madrid”, explained Andrei Kanchelskis, United’s historic winger, in the ‘Daily Express’. These statements came amid rumors (later confirmed) that the Chilean would leave the English club. As is known, the Chilean finally ended up at Inter.

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MARCO BERTORELLO
AFP

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Ricardo Quaresma

The Portuguese player was in the orbit of Atlético in 2006, so many were the rumors of his arrival that the Portuguese issued a statement denying it. In 2009 they became interested in him again, even his club at that time, Inter, offered him to Atleti in their eagerness to sign Agüero. Finally he never came.

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JOHN THYS
AFP

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Tomas Rosicky

The Czech footballer dazzled at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, so speculation began about a possible transfer to Atlético de Madrid, but he finally signed for Arsenal for three seasons.

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Alan Walter
REUTERS

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Riquelme

The Argentine footballer was on the red-and-white agenda, there was a meeting and interest on both sides, but in the end the negotiations ended.

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MARCOS BRINDICCI
REUTERS

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Carlos Tevez

The Argentine player received Simeone’s call several times showing him interest in joining the club. The team made him a firm offer but finally decided that he wanted to return to his land, along with his family and friends, and he wanted Boca.

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ALEJANDRO PAGNI
AFP

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Higuain

According to the Italian newspaper Tuttosport that Higuaín wanted to return to Spain and play for Atlético de Madrid. The diary was based on a few words by Diego Borinsky, a journalist and friend of the Argentine’s family.

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Daniele Badolato – Juventus FC
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Van der Vaart

It was around the summer of 2008 when Atlético de Madrid was preparing the Champions League project. The Dutchman was postulated as the icing on the project. At that time Rafael van der Vaart was at Hamburg and that same summer he ended up signing for Real Madrid.

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TONI RODRIGUEZ
Diario As

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Gabby Barker

Gabby is someone who is interested in all types of sports, she loves to attend watching matches live. Whenever there is a match being played in her city, she makes sure to get the tickets in advance. Due to the love for sports, she joined Sportsfinding, and started writing general sports news. Apart from writing the news, she is also the editor for the website who checks and edits every news content before they go live.

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