It’s nothing new, but this season is especially important. At the end of the season, when the league tournament ends, there will be a meeting between the leaders and the coaching staff of Atléticoa summit in which they will design the main lines of the 2023-24 campaign. It has been the usual trend in the Madrid club in recent years and the same will happen. The novelty is that Simeone only has one season left on his contract (ends his commitment to Atlético in 2024) and Cerezo, Gil Marín, Andrea Berta and Cholo They will decide what will happen in the immediate future of the rojiblanco team. Nobody imagines an Atleti without the Argentine at the controls, but a deep dialogue is needed to seal those bases for the next year.
Simeone has a contract and the general opinion is that he will continue. Atlético can satisfactorily end a rather irregular season, marked by failure in Europe. But the team is playing well, scoring goals and making their fans enjoy themselves, who are happy with this new way of playing for Atlético. A team just as competitive as always, but more showy. In the locker room, on the other hand, Veteran players like Koke or Giménez have commented that they see the future with great optimism, a hopeful future. Nobody expects a scare from Cholo.
That Simeone extend his contract is not ruled out either. From Cholo and Atlético everything is written. The Argentine coach has achieved the goal of the club playing in the Champions League for another year and that is the premise that the club’s leaders are asking for. The other is to fight for titles. In that Atlético has failed. But the money will continue to enter the Cívitas Metropolitano via the Champions League. If Cholo wants, he could renew. But we’ll see what happens.
The template needs some tweaking (two good full-backs, a midfielder and a striker). There will not be many incorporations, they will be fewer than people think, and it is about getting the transfers right. And Simeone will have to communicate to Berta, Cerezo and Gil Marín what the majority of the fans want: that they continue, that they want to, that they are hungry, that they want more titles… At the end of the season, a super summit is coming at Atlético.
Söyüncü, a signed signing; the evolution of the ceded is valued
Atlético continues to be completely focused on finishing the season as high as possible. With their victory against Cádiz, together with the defeat of Real Madrid in San Sebastián, they reached second place and the challenge is to stay. But, once the presence in the next Champions League has been practically assured, possible reinforcements are also valued. An agreement was reached with Caglar Söyüncü months ago, as AS has been telling. It will be a novelty in the center of the rear. And the evolution of those transferred is studied. The hottest, the João Félix case. Riquelme, Lino, Manu Sánchez, Lodi… play on loan. And the technical secretariat has a magnifying glass on multiple names: Kang-in, Marcus Thuram, Arnau Martínez, Guido Rodríguez, Amrabat, Enes Ünal…