Atletico is going after the Argentine goalkeeper Juan Musso30 years old, who he wants to turn into real competition for Oblak. Musso played last year’s Super Cup against Real Madrid with Atalanta and stands out for his size, with a height of over 1.9 meters. It would be a transfer with option to buyThe player has already given his approval and now it is time to negotiate with the Italian club.
Trained in the ranks of Racing de Avellaneda, he was transferred to Udinese in 2018 and from there He made the leap to Atalanta in the summer of 2021 for 20 million Euros. He has played 171 matches in Serie A and has been capped twice by Argentina. He had a great performance in Warsaw against Real Madrid in the final of the European Super Cup, in which he conceded two goals.
Initially, Atlético wanted to bring in another Argentine, PSV goalkeeper Walter Benítezbut the intransigence of the Dutch team, which is asking for five million euros, has practically aborted the operationwhich has led to the activation of Musso’s option, who would arrive on loan with an option to buy.
Simeone has insisted on the need for a goalkeeper of sufficient level to come to really compete with Oblak, conditions that did not exist in Romanian Moldovanwho ended up leaving on loan to Sassuolo. The club’s idea was that the Slovenian would go to Saudi Arabia and in exchange they would sign the Georgian from Valencia. Mamarsdahvilibut nobody has wanted to cover Oblak’s huge salary of 20 million euros, which means that the club will have to keep him in the squad. In addition, he has a four-year contract, which will cost the club 80 million euros.
