At Atlético de Madrid, they have the firm objective of securing their most important players to prevent them from being tempted by big offers from foreign clubs. In fact, it is one of the negative points of the sports management in the last decade, selling footballers who were important in the squad. Now, that planning has radically changed, and Simeone wants to keep all his stars to compete for all the titles.
However, Chelsea seems to have offered to disrupt that roadmap, planning to launch a big offer for one of the main pillars of the Argentine coach. This has been reported by different media, but at the Metropolitano, they don't seem to have the intention of facilitating the departure of any player. Even Gil Marín intends to carry out different renewals in the coming months to secure several names.
Gil Marín Responds to Chelsea
In recent days, there had been reports of a supposed offer from Stamford Bridge to take one of Atlético de Madrid's great promises in the summer. Specifically, the target would be Pablo Barrios, who has stepped up this season, establishing himself as an undisputed starter in Simeone's plans. If something has characterized the English team in recent years, it is their ability to make numerous signings at exorbitant prices, but without performance.
An example of this would be João Félix, arriving last year for 50 million euros and leaving on loan in the last winter market to AC Milan. It should be remembered that an image of Chelsea's preseason went viral where there were too many players training at the same time. However, it doesn't seem that their big offer will have an effect, as Atlético de Madrid's intention is to renew Pablo Barrios until 2030.
The Future of the Metropolitano
The revealed offer would be 70 million euros, a very considerable amount considering that the youth player is one who doesn't have amortization in the red-and-white team. Even so, the intention of the sports management is to secure him from this type of multimillion-dollar offers, extending his contract and increasing his salary to 3 million. The same strategy has been adopted with Giuliano Simeone, who could be one of the great revelations of this season in LaLiga.
Both footballers have a bond with the colchonero team until 2028, but their good performance makes those at the Metropolitano want to protect themselves for the future. They will also seek to secure Rayane, one of the great gems of Fernando Torres's youth team, who already has numerous offers in Europe. The intention is for him to go out on loan soon to grow at another club, but with the expectation that he can sit in the first team.