Rather active in the direction of departures as in that of arrivals, Atlético Madrid got rid of some undesirables (Lodi, Kondogbia) by making certain more than interesting moves (Soyuncu, Galan). However with the departure of Kondogbia and the uncertainty surrounding the future of Thomas Lemar, the Colchoneros need an additional midfielder as confirmed by Diego Simeone in an interview with AS : “We need a midfielder to share this spot with Koke and give him more competition in this position. The season is long, the characteristics of those we have around Koke are not pure midfielders. Kondogbia is gone, Witsel is more of a central defender although he can play as a midfielder.»
While the name of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg comes up with insistence, El Cholo kicked into touch as to a possible arrival of the Danish midfielder from Tottenham: “But we think we will be more competitive with the arrival of another midfielder who can bring us hierarchy, personality, play and internal competition. There are names the club works with to foster the need-obligation situation. The club will decide.So don’t panic, everything should settle down in August.
