Atlético de Madrid and FC Barcelona are going to have many confrontations beyond the playing field, especially in the summer market. Both clubs want to bet on giving a quality boost to their respective squads and have similar targets in their sights. In fact, several players have been linked with both teams in recent months, some of them stars of the European scene.
In the case of the Rojiblancos, they will seek to continue with the roadmap that was already initiated last summer in which important operations were closed. The goal is to continue getting closer to the two giants of Spain and be an even more troublesome rival than they already are this season. It won't be easy, but the steps that the sports management has been taking in all areas allow them to get closer to that great objective.
Barça Sets Sights on a Simeone's Desire
The blaugrana team was involved in one of the winter market's controversies after managing to register Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor outside the stipulated deadline. For now, they only have the provisional measure, with the definitive reply arriving before April, when their deadline will end. Meanwhile, they are starting to set their goals for the summer market, after not making any moves during the winter period.
According to Sport, one of Joan Laporta's desires is to improve the forward line, and they have set their sights on Benjamin Sesko, a Slovenian forward from Leipzig. Despite being 21 years old, he has long been indisputable in the German team, scoring 15 goals this season and having a market value of 50 million. He is not the only major club interested, as he has also been linked with Arsenal, although Atlético de Madrid had already been in the bidding some time ago.
No Room at Atlético de Madrid
The Colchonero team showed interest in Benjamin Sesko when he was still playing for Salzburg, an entity that also belongs to Red Bull. At that time, the Rojiblancos had certain economic issues to make signings, as they needed several departures from their squad. In fact, that same summer, they couldn't reach an agreement for Mateo Retegui, who had everything agreed with the sports management.
Finally, the Slovenian would arrive at Leipzig for just over 20 million euros, being one of his country's stars in the Euro Cup held in Germany. Now, with so many offers on the table, he is an old desire of Atlético de Madrid that doesn't seem to be a priority for next summer. There are other objectives to continue improving the squad, and the desire at the Metropolitano is to continue on the good path that began to be built last year.