Atletico Madrid midfielder Saul Niguez is close to the end of his 17-year-old stay in the club, with a permanent step on the horizon for the 30-year-old. However, it will not be Turkish Side Trabzonspor after Saul confirmed that he did not make the switch to the Super Lig.
Saul had agreed personal conditions with Trabzonspor and was in conversation with Atletico to negotiate a contract termination. With wages on a reported gross of € 14 million a year, Los Rojiblancos wanted to get his wages off the books, since he was one of the best paid in the team and was not in the plans of Atletico.
With everything that apparently was present for a move to Trabzonspor, the news began to arise that the deal had collapsed. Saul then went to Twitter/X to tackle the case directly and Trabzonspor told that it was not successful because of a number of personal things. I hope that our paths will cross again one day. '
Since then it has happened that another movement is already about to be completed. Diario as say Saul will make a switch to the Brazilian Giants Flamengo, where he will sign a three -year -old deal in Rio de Janeiro. It is not yet clear whether Los Colchoneros has already sealed a mutual contract, or whether they can demand a fee from Flamengo.
The move will have the attraction of playing among one of his former teammates in Filipe Luis, who crossed paths with him in Atletico. He hopes to get the best from Saul.
The experienced midfielder slipped the radar in Atletico, and while he was spoken high at Sevilla on loan last year, he had trouble locking a starting point. In recent years he has struggled for form and looked far from the player who was one of the very best in Spain.