Spurs have even less chance of getting him than us
Saúl Ñíguez
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Based on?
Global appeal, history, stadium, revenue. I very much doubt he'd want to leave Atletico anyway.
Not surprising really, it wasn't realistic for us to attract someone like him this summer.
Why on earth would he want to leave Atletico for us anyway.
Griezmann will be next.
Atleti are on the same level as Madrid, Barca & Bayern for me, I don't see why any of their players would willingly leave. And this isn't Football Manager.
its a sad day when we fall behind Spurs when it comes to agents linking people to clubs to get a new contract
About to move into a new stadium as well (and they could be CL winners in a few days)
As long as Simeone stays there (and he seems happy) then I can see them keeping the squad together for at least a few years (who knows longer than that in football but certainly I dont envisage a mass exodus)
On the field yes, off the field they are not even close, Atletico doesn't have anywhere near the economic muscles of those three.
Somehow I think they were already in negotiations before the links to Spurs last week!
Boo!
Title challenging team, competiting for Europe's highest honour, being selected for your national team, and playing for a coach who's as passionate and dedicated as Simeone. Plus their fans are brilliant. It's a no brainer to want to stay.
Of course, but most professionals aren't going to worry about the economics of a club, as long as they are performing well on the pitch, (and provided the club isn't near bankruptcy) get paid each week and are competing for honours and awards. Which are all things Atleti are providing.
The era of flexing our economic muscle to get who we want is gone, money isn't the main factor to attract the right kind of players any more. Just because we can afford to buy most players, don't mean we can satisfy what they want out of their careers currently.
Fookin mofo!
Can't blame him for signing a new contract, playing for a great side playing well with a great Manager
He always said he was an Atletico fan and would like to stay there longer. Was never a possibility, is a key player now and doesnt seem to be keen on moving the next few years anyway.
Great for both him and his club. He hasn't been a regular at AM before this season really with the departure of M. Suarez and the injury of Mendes, but has really taken his chance this season and shown what he's about. He probably feel a commitment to AM, and why would he leave them anyway? They're in yet another CL-final and has become one of Europes giants and is way better than us. He's in the right club where he can develope further, play regularly under a great manager, and fight alongside Barca and RM for the league title. Now watch them extend Griezmanns and Gimenez's contract too.
Given some of the deals for young players at the moment that sounds low... anyway he passes forwards and dribbles to well for LVG so its probably best we missed out
He could easily have passed that sidewards and he never even once looked back for the easy ball - such a risk with possession - not an LVG type player
If we were willing to pay more than that for Renato Sanches, I don't see why can't just get him
can play there - but Id say more of a CM than a DM - he has also played a fair few games wide (though with the Athletico set up that still sees him operate centrally quite a bit)
Cheers. That was a very nice piece of skill for a central midfielder.
great stuff for Atletico.
That is true. But Atletico are going to be relatively strong financially going forward due to the new La Liga TV deal and their new stadium, which will have much more capacity than the Cslderon. They still won't be close to Barca or Real in terms of revenues but they'll have the money to pay big wages to a few stars and won't be the same selling club they've been in the past.
the Calderon site must be worth a fair bit as well (not sure if they own the land?) but its fairly central in Madrid so if they can sell that then that will surely offset a chunk of the new stadium costs as well as the new place is quite a way out of the city up by the airport
Not going to happen so shortly after signing a new contract.
Altough £54m is an awful lot of money for Athletico to turn down, but not so sure the player would fancy it.
Altough £54m is an awful lot of money for Athletico to turn down, but not so sure the player would fancy it.
Yeah with a 54M release clause
Absolute bollocks. If we were serious about signing him and he was about joining then we would have made contact before now, meaning there would be no logic in him bumping up his own release clause by £15-20m. He'll stay at Atletico.
New manager?
I believe Nani and Herrera did something similar.
not getting involved in this. Cant stand to have my heart broken again
Would be such a fantastic signing but I really don't think he's leaving.
There's plenty of logic in it for him.
There are no guarentees in football and the higher minimum release reflects a bigger weekly wage. Makes sense for him to capitalise on his good form regardless on prospects of a transfer. It's not like United are short of quid anyway
Looks like Keegan didn't do his research before spouting bollocks
Herrera didn't.