Simeone with Florentino Pérez in black and white

Florentino Pérez wins over Simeone: he Goes for a Transfer after Militao's Injury

The Brazilian defender has torn his cruciate ligament once again and will miss what is left of the season

The Real Madrid has been receiving an avalanche of injuries since last season, with Eder Militão being the latest to join that group. He had already suffered a cruciate ligament tear last year, which now happened again against Osasuna. Others, such as David Alaba, Thibaut Courtois and Dani Carvajal have also suffered the same problem in recent months.

Therefore, Florentino Pérez has decided to act and aims to sign a center-back who was already in the crosshairs of Atlético de Madrid. In fact, the Colchoneros want to get a defender in the winter transfer market, although their priority is a midfielder. However, everything indicates that a Simeone's old wish will be landing at the Santiago Bernabéu in less than two months.

Militão Creates a Problem

There have been many serious injuries in European soccer in recent years, something that Atlético de Madrid are well aware of. In fact, Reinildo tore his cruciate ligament in February 2023 and Thomas Lemar his Achilles heel in September of the same year. Both had to spend many months away from the field before being able to step onto the field again.

Éder Militao with the warm-up shirt looking towards the ground
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Another team that is also suffering from this epidemic is Real Madrid , with Eder Militão being seriously injured again. The Brazilian defender has once again torn his cruciate ligament in the match against Osasuna and will miss the entire season. For this reason, Concha Espina has made the decision to go to the market in January to sign a new center-back.

it's a decision that wasn't made last season and that ended up working out well for the white team , although now the dynamic is much worse. Florentino Pérez 's big objective is an old desire of Simeone and recent European champion with the Spanish national team . Although there's no closed agreement, everything points to Aymeric Laporte ending up wearing white in 2025.

Laporte swaps the Metropolitano for Castellana

The current Al-Nassr player has a market value of 20 million euros and was close to leaving Saudi Arabia in the summer. Atlético de Madrid had him as one of the options to replace Mario Hermoso in the back line. However, despite the rumors, the Colchoneros didn't have enough financial room to sign the Spanish international.

Now, after being key for the Spanish national team in the last European Championship, he is aiming to land at Real Madrid in January. Laporte is an old desire of the white club and it's the perfect scenario to definitively close that chapter. This way, any option of seeing the former Manchester City player at the Metropolitano can be put to rest.