Atlético de Madrid have secured one of the most sought-after signings in the 2024 summer transfer market.
05/08/2024 – 07:07hs ART
Atlético de Madrid have completed the signing of Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher.
While he decides whether he will appear with Manchester City to negotiate seriously for Julián Álvarez, Atlético de Madrid signed their third signing in this transfer market on August 5. It is Conor Gallaghera footballer who left Enzo Fernández’s Chelsea and will now be a teammate of Rodrigo De Paul, Nahuel Molina and Ángel Correa.
The 24-year-old Englishman was one of the pieces of the England team that reached the final of the Euro in Germany (he lost the decisive duel with Spain 2-1). Among his virtues is his versatility to position himself both as a sweeper and as an attacking midfielder, although with Mauricio Pochettino at Stamford Bridge he came to position himself in midfield on both the right and the left.
Thus, Conor Gallagher joins other alternatives that Diego Simeone has for the aforementioned sector such as Rodrigo De Paul, Koke Resurrección, Marcos Llorente, Pablo Barrios and Thomas Lemarmainly, although during the previous season Cholo also included Nahuel Molina, Samuel Lino and Rodrigo Riquelme.
It is worth mentioning that Atlético de Madrid is not only looking to make a comeback at the local level by winning LaLiga and/or the Copa del Rey.but also aspires by reaching the UEFA Champions League Final (May 31 at the Allianz Arena in Munich) and play a leading role in the Club World Cup from the United States at the end of the season.
Atlético de Madrid has spent more than 100 million euros in transfers
Until then, Atlético de Madrid, as far as market transfers are concerned, He only managed to earn around 21.5 million euros, including 13 for Álvaro Morata from AC Milan and 8.5 for Çağlar Söyüncü from Fenerbahce.The rest of the movements correspond to expenditures for the three reinforcements carried out so far today.
It has to do with Robin Le Normand (34.5 million euros to Real Sociedad), Alexander Sorloth (30 million fixed plus another 5 for Villarreal’s objectives) by Conor Gallagher (40 million to Chelsea). In addition, another 25 million would be added for Javi Guerra to Valencia. Therefore, Atleti has already spent more than 100 million euros on signings.
Atlético de Madrid will debut against Villarreal in LaLiga 24/25
Atlético de Madrid will open the 2024/2025 season with its match corresponding to the first day of LaLiga against Villarrealwhich is scheduled for the Monday, August 19 at 21:30 Central European Time at the Estadio de La Cerámica. Then, on the 25th of the same month, they will have their first home match against Girona.
