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He Atlético de Madrid could have closed the winter market with one more signing if he had reached an agreement with Matt O’Riley at the end of January. After strong interest from the 23-year-old Danish midfielder, Celtic finally rejected the red-and-white offer and lost the option of having signed a highly promising player.
A refusal that made Simeone settle for the arrivals of Moldovan, Vermeeren and Gabriel Paulista. However, the big question was what were the differences that caused everything to break down at the last moment, an issue that has been resolved in Scotland.
Although the offer that was most considered was a transfer with purchase option At the end of the season, the middle of Denmark The tip sheet has shared all the figures that were handled in the conversations between Atlético and Celtic. Knowing the interest of other clubs in Europe in O’Riley, the red and white nervousness caused them to put a transfer offer on the table. 21 million euros.
An amount that, as we all know, was rejected by the Scottish club as it was below its claims, which were located at 29 ‘kilos’. That is, the gap that separated the agreement were only eight millionan amount that represented a great effort for the colchoneros in the middle of the season and even more so without any important sale having occurred in January (only 2.5 million that Sheffield paid for Grbic).
Matt O’Riley, in a match with Celtic (Photo: Cordon Press).
Atlético does not rule out trying again in the summer
Signing a midfielder is a task that Atlético has ahead of the next transfer market. Like the Feyenoord player Mats Wiefferit is not ruled out that Gil Marín will try again to convince Celtic to agree to his sale.
Although the flexibility of the Scots is expected to be almost zero, the departure of players could make money to solve the price difference. That’s when Matt O’Riley becomes more feasible.
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2024-02-29 18:15:25
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