“It’s going to be an interesting summer,” Mateu Alemany warns in relation to the construction of his first signature Atlético that he will begin to carry out since this season is shelved. Not in vain, beyond keeping Julián Alvarez as the flagship player (“we have to retain the good things we have, which is a lot,” he maintains while waiting for the Argentine to accept the proposal he has on the table to start charging 10 kilos per season), other transcendental decisions appear on his roadmap, such as that of finding a substitute who can cover the enormous void that Griezmann will leave (Brandt is one of his main objectives, as MARCA announced) or to get it right once and for all with the left back and the 5 that they have been resisting in recent years.
They will not be minor issues, starting because perhaps there is no player on the current scene who can approach Antoine’s level, continuing because at the moment the 40 kilos planned For the midfielder, they are not enough to close Ederson or Joao Gomes or because the man who raises the competence of Ruggeri It will also require a significant outlay. Hence, it is up to the red-and-white professional football director to deploy all his skills.
Lookman’s goal (0-1) in Osasuna 1-2 Atlético de Madrid
However, Alemany has a great guarantee to unleash the illusion with its project: Ademola Lookman. Although the architect of the next Atlético would not tire of defining during his first litmus test, just a few months after landing at Atlético, as “hostile” to the winter market, it would not be an impediment to hiring the best January signing in the Simeone era.
A greater impact than that of Diego Costa
Although the mark left by Lookman on Atalanta already suggested that his bet could turn out well, the 35 million (plus five in variables) disbursed byMateu to inaugurate his list of incorporations at Atlético They are already the best indication of how you can make your investments profitable. So much so, that four months later the Nigerian cannot stand the comparison with previous winter signings.
Lookman: “With Simeone I have grown in every way”
After scoring at El Sadar, there are now eight goals scored by Lookman in his first 22 appearances, surpassing the seven scored by Diego Costa (he played 23 games on his return in 2018) and the six of Fernando Torres (26 appointments since his return in January 2015) and Morata (2019 started with 17 meetings). An impact increased with four assists (Carrasco and Diego Ribas barely contributed one in 2020 and 2014, respectively) that only surpass the five of the Pantera.
Antoine is impossible to find a player like him. We will have to look for other variants so that the team does not suffer. We come with a long-standing idea about what we should do, in line with what the coach thinks. The plan exists
However, Lookman’s imprint is even greater than Costa’s, since his eight goals and Four assists in 1,256 minutes reflect that he participates in a goal every 104 minutes, compared to the Spanish-Brazilian’s 133 (seven goals and five assists in 1,605 minutes). In fact, only Memphis needed less time (78 minutes), although his lack of continuity would distort his performance, because although his first four goals would come in just 314 minutes, he would only be available in nine games due to injuries. Background and facts that make Lookman the best guarantee to get excited about Mateu.