Diego Simeone insists that he is ready for the battle when Atletico Madrid resigned a crucial 2025/26 season.
Simeone has renewed his team in the summer, spent € 181 million on ten new faces, the most recent is Italy International Giacomo Raspadori.
The challenge for Simeone in the coming months is leading his team over several competitions and a meaningful challenge for Barcelona and Real Madrid.
An early exit from the FIFA Club World Cup this summer could turn out to be a blessing with a larger rest period that is activated to have Simeone and his players reset.
Despite the pressure that surrounds him to have his new signing sessions clicked from the UIT, Simeone is convinced that the fire is as strong as always, prior to the opener of this weekend in Espanyol.
“I am very happy. I am happy where I am. I still have the energy that the position I take requires. I know the consequences, good, regular and bad, from where I am,” according to Marca.
“The team has evolved enormously and the team must evolve accordingly. In recent years, the team has grown more than the club; the club corresponded to the team; the club grew more, but the team did not work.
“Now the team has to take another step to match the current position of the club.”
Prior to his return to action, Simeone still has the record for most games managed in a single La Liga Club, with 739 at the helm in the Spanish capital.
Are at 509 in the list of La Liga Games of all time, and Joint will move ninth with Joaquin Caparros in Espanyol, plus an impressive trophy list to start up.
Two La Liga titles are the crown symbol of his time that the management is in addition to two UEFA Europa League crowns, and the 2013 Copa del Rey.