This post is so untrue it’s unreal. Atlético are my distant second team so I watch all their games except when we are playing simultaneously, and I can say three things:
1) Atletico are far from a narrow, defensive team. They are a counter-attacking one who use width very well with the likes of Lodi, Hermoso, Trippier, Lemar, Vitolo, Carrasco, Llorente etc to get crosses in to the strikers. Trippier is playing a prominent role in the team, and he is playing well up and down the right flank.
2) Trippier is quite a bit better than AWB. He has more technical ability in his little fingers than AWB, and is better defensively than AWB in everything aside from slide tackling. As i said in a prior post, he won’t even need that as much due to his superior defensive positioning. For one, he can actually win headers at the back post and mark the left winger.
3) Simeone is the coach most well-renowned across the world for world class defensive play in his teams. In fact, Atleti have only conceded 2 La Liga goals this season, of which Trippier has played a big part in. If he’s as bad as you say, why did Cholo buy him?
Also, the way you demean La Liga is just weird. Seriously, what is the proof for your arrogant belief that the Premier League is so much better than La Liga? All in all, Trippier had a bad 2018-19 season, and rediscovered his form in a league at a similar level to ours. Signing him will show ambition, not a lack of it, as we will be greatly upgrading a position, and at a probably relatively low price too.
Would welcome Trippier here.