Atlético de Madrid took the traditional start-of-season photo with some new features compared to recent years. All the players of the first team are in the picture, plus Enrique Cerezo and Diego Pablo Simeone . Usually Simeone 's assistants appear, such as Nelson Vivas or Pablo Vercellone , and even Gustavo López .
This time it was decided that they will not participate in this image, which hasn't gone down well with Diego Pablo Simeone 's assistants. They feel that they are being gradually displaced from the club and that ranks are beginning to close among the club's workers. They think that there's a big culprit behind all this and they have their reasons to believe it. The detail didn't like at all.
They know that Andrea Berta is one foot out of the club , so in this case, the accusations fall directly on Carlos Bucero. According to RELEVO , the director of soccer, who was trained at Real Madrid , is the one who has had this initiative that some in Simeone 's coaching staff don't like at all. Several of his collaborators understand this as a Madrid technique, not very typical of Atlético de Madrid , but the truth is that until now everyone was in the photo.
They Blame Carlos Bucero
There are those who see a compelling reason, as Bucero is seeking to reduce all types of contracts and the wage bill of the red-and-white squad from his area. Diego Pablo Simeone has several collaborators, from Nelson Vivas as his second, to Pablo Vercellone , goalkeeping coach, one of the most important especially for Jan Oblak . Gustavo López is the link with the squad, Luis García Tevenet is with the youth team and Hernan Bonvincini is the third coach.
To this we must add the presence of Luis Piñedo Betrían , as physical trainer, more kit men, recovery specialists like Oscar Pitillas , the two doctors like Oscar Celada and José María Villalón . There are many members who share the day to day with Simeone, analysts, kit men, assistants , physical trainers, and some claimed their place in the photo.
The squad was complete
Of course, all the first team players of Atlético de Madrid were there: Oblak, Musso and Gomis as goalkeepers, Molina, Giménez, Reinildo, Galán, Le Normand, Witsel, Azpilicueta and Lenglet as defenders. Koke, Gallagher, De Paul, Barrios, Lino, Riquelme, Lemar and Giuliano as midfielders. Julián Alvarez, Griezmann, Correa and Sorloth as forwards.
The entire squad, but the gesture on the part of the club hasn't pleased either the players or the coaching staff, were waiting for the family photo, as every year. Discrepancies that Carlos Bucero will hope will be solved in the next few days, if there's something to solve.