MADRID – Atletico Madrid have officially signed Moussa Dembélé as the new mattress player.
As confirmed by ESPN, the French striker arrives on loan from Olympique de Lyon until June 30 for one million euros with a purchase clause of 33 million.
“Atlético de Madrid have reached an agreement with Olympique de Lyon for the transfer of Moussa Dembélé for the remainder of the season. The footballer, born in Pontoise (France, July 12, 1996), underwent medical examination. at the University of Navarra Clinic before becoming a new white player- “, the mattress set communicated through its website.
Dembélé, 24, arrives at Atlético to cover the loss of Diego Costa after the mattress club and the Brazilian striker reached an agreement on December 29 to terminate his contract.
However, Diego Simeone will have to wait a few weeks to be able to count on his new signing as Dembélé arrives with an arm injury (broken radius) that have prevented him from playing with Olympique de Lyon since last 19 of December.
After passing recognition with the mattresses, Dembélé will continue to recover to fight with Luis Suárez, Joao Felix and Ángel Correa for a place at the front.
As ESPN has learned, Simeone’s intention is to try to introduce Dembélé to the team’s dynamics as soon as possible but he is aware that his best level will come in the medium term. In fact, the same player knows that it will not be easy to arrive and immediately replace a Diego Costa who is still in Lagarto (Brazil) waiting to establish a new destination.
Atleti’s coaching staff applauds Dembele’s hiring because he goes into space very well and for his goal-scoring sense of smell. In the 2018-2019 season he scored 15 goals and the last one scored 16. However, in this course, he has barely scored a goal due to disagreements with the OL coach and had been looking for a way out for some time.
Atleti manages to prop up this front so that both Joao Felix and Luis Suarez can rotate in the second half of the season. Atleti, who will face Chelsea in the round of 16 of the Champions League, are already winter champions in La Liga, with four points ahead of Real Madrid, and two games behind. at the mattress club they have high expectations placed on winning the title again.