Atletico Madrid remains active on the transfer market after a few important signing sessions this summer in the form of Johnny Cardoso, Alex Baena, Thiago Almada and Matteo Ruggeri. The new focus for director of Voetbal Carlos Bucero seems to be a defense.
According to Florian Plettenberg, Atletico Madrid has shown interest in Chelsea defender Renato Veiga. The 21-year-old central defender, who also played at left back, would be available for about € 30-35 million this summer, but Los Colchoneros would have the competition for Veigas signature.
In the meantime, Osasuna seems to be about to move Jesus Areso on a move to Atletico. The Basque defender was heavily connected to both Los Rojiblancos and Athletic Club, but while negotiations got stuck with Los Leones, Atletico now continued in the race for him, with Diario that a deal is imminent.
Areso, 26, only has a year left and has decided to leave Osasuna. It seems that Atletico will pay its release clause of € 12 million after the player had declared a preference to play in the Metropolitano. Training only for a deal, Areso was seen on Friday who took a phone call that was supposed to be related to the deal. He will sign a five -year contract with a salary of € 1.5 million a year, which can double, depending on bonuses.
With Marcos Llorente and potential Areso as the right-back options, the Nahuel Molina would have it looked on the outside. The same exhaust valve explains that both club and player investigate an exit for Molina, which is interested in Villarreal and Serie A teams, although the yellow submarine has offered a loan instead of a permanent deal for the Argentina International.
Molina Moving would kill two birds with one stone for Atletico, who with the signing of Thiago Almada have four non-EU players for three places (Samuel Lino, Conor Gallagher, Molina). His output would solve potential problems.