Simeone is still looking for Juanfran’s heir

Before the Diego Pablo Simeonone of the players who seemed to have no space in Atletico Madrid this is Juanfran Torres. Despite its professionalism, the new system Gregory Manzano and new signings cut the doors on team ownership. It even led the guy from Jaen to try it out as a right back. Position where he went to exploit it cholosdespite the fact that in the first battle against Malaga He started playing right inside in a 4-2-3-1 that changed over time.

In a few weeks Juanfran he became untouchable on the right side. He has been one of the best in the Europe to that demarcation, and came to make a niche for himself in the best Spanish team in history where he won a European Championship in 2012.

The problem is that the years have not passed in vain for the Alicante man. So the club first looked for a replacement and then a footballer who could inherit the right back. In the first place, players want Perea either sleeves. He also tried another youth squad like cadre Y Alderweireld. And then came the signing of Jesus Gamez. The man from Malaga let her rest and she even got a job with him Juanfran in the province.

During the 2016 campaign, the club began looking for a footballer who would compete for the position and could replace him. The first is Croatian Sime Vrsaljko. A player who can play on both wings, in Croatia that Euro he played as left back, although in Athletic he is not yet. The knee injury and his relapses caused the player to lose popularity and have an outstanding role, except for the last campaign. Now he has not accepted the renewal offer and he wants to leave. In any case he started as a starter.

In 2018 come Santiago Arias. The Colombian came from PSV Eindhoven as an offensive footballer and whom they hope to hit on Metropolitan. After two campaigns in which he could not participate much, he lent to Bayer Leverkusen where he couldn’t play and last season was on grenade where he is not the undisputed starter. Looking to get his football back. He can keep this campaign in exchange for the side to come.

The departure of Alicante

In 2019 included Juanfran coming out of the club tripper. So far he is the only one who has come close to labor Juanfran, but it is always lacking in continuity. In his first campaign, injuries prevented him from having a continuation, in fact both Arias and Vrsaljko that his successors had more popularity than expected. In his second campaign he played it all until January, when a penalty from the English Federation left him 10 weeks off the pitch. Surprisingly, none of those weeks affected his National Team. Despite that break, it was very important to win The league. And last season he only stayed until January when he left newcastle although between the fact that he came later for the European Championship and the shoulder injury he only played 18 games.

After the removal of tripper I arrived Wass, which was less than a few minutes into his rojiblanco debut. party sa Camp Nou where his knees were sprained. Since then he has not played again.

In between, some homegrown players had a few minutes Solano, Carlos Isaac either Ricardbut none of them found a place in the plans of Cholo Simeone. It is not easy for a youth squad to play ahead of international players for their countries. Top level players.

back to the market

So, in the summer of 2022 the Atletico Madrid still looking for an heir Juanfran Torres. Nahuel Molina they prefer, although mattress makers consider other options such as Emerson Royal, Pablo Maffeo, Pedro Porro either Jonathan Claus. Of course, the demand is maximum.

In fact, until now, the only came to fill this gap was tripper Y Mark Llorente. The Englishman is gone and the guy from Madrid is contributing more to the more advanced play, so the cholos Obviously he needs to play higher. That’s why the club’s main goal is to find a footballer who has turned away.