Moussa Dembele is the forward chosen by Atletico to reinforce a position 9 which was left lame with the departure of Diego Costa from the club. An abrupt march by a footballer who in the absence of the last fringes already has a substitute for a team the rojiblanco who has become accustomed to signing forwards who are going through a peculiar situation.
In the case of the still top Olympique de Lyon,
physical problems, broken arm but also his loss of importance within the French team. In fact, Dembelé has gone from being the great benchmark of the team to barely participating in 41% of the minutes. He has only been a starter in 33% of the duels (he has played 16 of the 18) and his account is a target. A very poor figure for a player who seems to have lost the confidence of the coach, Rudi García . The coach in that sense prefers Tino Kadewere, signed from the Second Gala, although when the news told by MARCA these days was confirmed he defended the substitute Dembelé
He is one of our important players. We prefer that he stay, but we will see.
But if any player, in particular, came out, especially Dembele, he would have to be replaced Garcia said while talking about Leicester forward Islam Slimani, as a possible substitute for a player who has been in the orbit of Manchester United or Chelsea for months . And it is not for less seeing the performance of the intended by Atlético forward than his numbers last year. He signed 24 goals (divided into the four competitions played by Lyon), one more than the previous year. 47 targets that written have nothing to do with his current course. And that’s where Simeone comes in. The Argentine in France, pointed out yesterday that he had already called Dembele to tell him about the rojiblanco project he is used to receiving forwards to recover . This has been the last season since Costa returned to the rojiblanca discipline in the summer of 2017.
Due to the sanction to the club,
it took months to debut but then he signed a remarkable 2018 being fundamental in the Europa League and the European Super Cup won that same year the last titles of Cholismo. The injury operations and the strong character of Lagarto ended, yes, by muddying his second stage until its ugly end. Something similar happened to Álvaro Morata, who desperately sought the exit of a Chelsea where he lost the confidence that he did find in Atlético and Simeone.
Although his numbers were not bad,
the substitution in the duel against Leipzig in Lisbon ended up straining the relationship with the Argentine … and by asking for an exit that ended up being to Juventus.SUAREZ, MARGINALIZED IN BARCELONAThe previous case of 9 outcasts in his club is that of Luis Suarez. The Uruguayan is a special case since Koeman told him that he did not have him despite his undoubted scoring numbers. He left Barca, which pays a good part of his card, to regain confidence in an Atletico where he has already scored nine goals in LaLiga and has become a true reference. From the Camp Nou club not wanting him to being the scorer of the current leader of the table.
