Atletico Madrid captain Koke set up a clear mission for the club next month for the 2025/26 season.
Los Rojiblancos finished third in the last La Liga ranking at the end of 2024/25 as part of a growing pattern under Diego Simeone.
His team is third, behind Real Madrid and Barcelona, eight times since he took the lead in 2011.
A well -known scene unfolded in the last weeks of 2024/25, when Atletico Madrid was illuminated from the title race and left the Interior Cups and UEFA Champions League.
Simeone has responded with a revision of a team and his intentions will be clear in the coming months.
Simeone has already spent an estimated € 155 million this summer on transfer costs after the FIFA Club World Cup exit from Atletico Madrid.
Defensive duo Marc Pubill and David Hancko are the latest arrivals and Simeone also wants to sell players with Rodrigo Riquelme and Angel Correa who continue to Real Betis and Tigres.
Rodrigo de Paul has completed a loan-to-buy move to Inter Miami and the midfield of Simeone, will look very different with Alex Baena, Thiago Almada and Johnny Cardoso who all land in Madrid.
Captain Koke will be one of the few permanent faces in the engine room of Simeone and he knows that the new players have to perform to justify the enormous investment of the club.
“Everything that is to compete with Real Madrid and Barcelona next season will be a disappointment. [the new players] Must show their level and talent from the start, “according to Diario ALS.
“The new boys compete very well. They come to contribute to the team.”
Atletico Madrid is now starting their pre -season campaign against Porto on 3 August with the competition season that starts on August 17 at the RCDe Stadium in Espanyol, in Espanyol.