The Atlético de Madrid you already have the attacker you were looking for. The club moved in various profiles, as we have been telling you during the last weeks, and in the end the chosen one was Matheus Cunha. A player who had been on the rojiblanco radar for a long time, since he was a member of the RB Leipzig reports of the promising footballer were handled.
Moreover, in the last winter market, the Athletic already contacted him in order to close his contract when Diego Costa he left the team. So the player’s answer was ‘no’. He understood that it was more interesting for him to continue Germany, playing, because at the end of the season was the America Cup and above all the JJ.OO. from Tokyo where his presence was almost assured. It ended up taking the gold with a key participation.
The player is a devotee of his team, he has even had moral dilemmas since he arrived at Europeespecially when it started in the Leipzig, between staying at the club to acclimatize or betting on your country. And always the heart could. In this sense, he understood that if he reached the Athletic in winter he would not have many options to play while he adjusted and so on. So he let that train pass, even at the risk that it would never happen again.
He was not afraid in that sense because with his performance in Germany and his qualities meant that during this time, clubs like the Inter de Milan, the Juventus, the Everton or the Leeds, they were following him closely. Of course, this second time, after some disagreement with his technician in the Herhta, with Pal Dardai, decided not to miss the opportunity to land on the champion of Spain.
And not being a ‘9’ to use as players like Rafa mir or Dusan Vlahovic, the truth is Simeone He wins another wild card with him to place in different positions. We are talking about a technician who has always defended versatility as a virtue.
Five different positions
Since the footballer landed in European football, in the ranks of the Swiss Sion he has played up to five different positions from the middle of the field to the front, which speaks of a player who knows how to do a lot of things. Obviously, his virtues are speed, dribbling, overflow, shooting … He is technical, which allows him to associate. And it has a good physical display. During this time he played as an attacking midfielder, playmaker, as a left and right winger and also as a center forward.
As the only point of reference or accompanying another teammate, he played 58 games in Europe, in which he scored 16 goals and gave 12 assists. As a left winger he played 22 appointments, with four goals and two goal passes. As a right winger he participated in 17 games, with three goals and two assists.
Even in more backward positions he managed to score, as a midfielder – nine games – or as an attacking midfielder – eight games – three and one goal, respectively.
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