The European elimination and the bad run of results in the Santander League have been decisive for the mattress board to have decided to do without the coach at the end of this season
Everything points to that Simeone is living his last months at Atlético de Madrid. The team has completely fallen on him and he is at odds with several of the team’s mainstays. His relationship with Joao Félix is non-existent and the club must decide. And this decision already seems to have been made, as the rojiblanco club is only waiting for the season to end to begin a new project.
It will be an exciting project, because at the moment they have as candidate to occupy the bench of one of the best coaches in the world. A coach who knows what it’s like to win a Champions League and who also has a great career as a player behind him. Of course, it will not be easy to occupy Simeone’s position at Atlético de Madrid for the legacy that the coach has left.
The coach that Atlético de Madrid wants after Simeone’s departure
As we have been able to learn, the great candidate at the moment to occupy the rojiblanco bench is Luis Enrique. The current Spanish coach is at the World Cup in Qatar, after which he seems to have decided to leave the RFEF. And it is that, after several years in charge of the team, he considers that the time has come to return to the day-to-day life of a club.
There are many great clubs that he will have in his footsteps, as there is no doubt that he is one of the best coaches in the world. But he seems determined to accept the challenge of Atlético de Madrid, as he has players like Marcos Llorente, Oblak, Koke, Joao Félix and Morata that will allow him to fight one on one against all the great teams.
The first signing that Luis Enrique wants
Likewise, the Asturian coach will also have a lot of power in decision-making. Especially with regard to transfers. That is why Atlético de Madrid already knows that they will have to work to incorporate a talented winger who has the Spanish coach completely in love. An extreme that has been taken to the World Cup in Qatar.
This footballer is Nico Williams, whom he has praised after his World Cup debut in Qatar. It will not be easy to convince Athletic, but Atlético de Madrid seems willing to make a great financial effort to start the new post-Simeone stage on the right foot. A stage in which they will once again try to fulfill their great frustrated dream, which is to lift the first Champions League in their history.