Atletico Madrid signed Clement Lenglet on mortgage from Barcelona final summer season, and it’s protected to say that he has tremendously impressed. Membership officers are already getting ready to make the transfer everlasting, though they might want to pay extra money than their first supply, which was submitted not too long ago.
Lenglet has been a wonderful central defensive possibility for Atleti alongside Jose Maria Gimenez and Robin Le Normand. It’s no shock that they need him to stay on the membership past the summer season, and Barcelona are pleased to promote a participant that they’ve little interest in conserving – and in addition whose contract is expiring in 2026.
Apparently, Lenglet couldn’t have ended up at Atleti, as previous to his arrival, head coach Diego Simeone wished a distinct centre-back from Barcelona – that being Inigo Martinez.
As per Sport, Simeone was very occupied with Martinez, who was barley counted on by earlier Barcelona head coach Xavi Hernandez. Nevertheless, it was the participant himself that turned down the chance of a transfer to Atleti, as he solely thought of staying in Catalonia.
This resolution has been vindicated, as Martinez has been a high performer for Barcelona this season. He has developed a really sturdy partnership with Pau Cubarsi, and he has even been most popular to Ronald Araujo regardless of the Uruguayan defender having return to motion after lacking the primary half of the marketing campaign with a critical hamstring damage.
There might nonetheless be hope for Simeone and Atleti of their pursuit of Martinez, who’s out of contract at Barcelona on the finish of this season. Nevertheless, a one-year extension has already been agreed, and the hope of the Catalan membership is that all the pieces shall be finalised within the subsequent few weeks – though they might have to attend till there may be area in FFP.