Atletico Madrid have been busy within the final 24 hours, with two signings and now a contract termination having been introduced.
Marc Pubill was confirmed as an Atleti participant on Tuesday, and sooner or later on, he has been joined in Diego Simeone’s squad by David Hancko, who joins from Feyenoord. However there has now been a big departure – not in prominence, however in legacy.
On Wednesday, Atleti made official the exit of Saul Niguez. The 30-year-old midfielder, who has been out of favour on the RiyadhAir Metropolitano in recent times, has agreed to mutual terminate his contract, the membership has confirmed.
“Atlético de Madrid and Saúl Ñíguez have reached an settlement for the termination of the contract of the midfielder from Elche. The homegrown participant, who will face a brand new skilled problem, ends his red-and-white profession after having defended our shirt on 427 events, which makes him the ninth participant with probably the most appearances within the membership’s historical past.”
Atleti president Enrique Cerezo has additionally paid tribute to Saul, who had initially joined Atleti 17 years in the past.
“I thank him for his greater than 15 years defending our shirt from our academy to the primary workforce. He arrived as a younger promise to our youth academy and after greater than 400 video games, assists, targets and titles he’s already a part of our historical past and considered one of our legends. Good luck for him and his household on this new stage and for all his private {and professional} tasks sooner or later. It will at all times be your private home.”
Saul has now joined his new membership
Upon leaving Atleti, Saul has now joined Brazilian giants Flamengo. He had been very shut to creating the change to Trabzonspor, however earlier within the week, it emerged {that a} transfer to Türkiye had damaged down. As an alternative, he’ll proceed his profession in South America.