DBasia.news – It didn’t take long for Atletico Madrid to find a striker substitute for Antoine Griezmann. Reportedly, Atletico will pay 126 million euros for Benfica’s talented player, Joao Felix.
Antoine Griezmann chose to leave Atletico Madrid at the end of the 2018-2019 season. The French national team player found it difficult to win a prestigious title if he remained at Atletico.
Some media in Spain stated that Griezmann would head to Barcelona. Barca is willing to redeem the player’s release clause which reached 120 million euros.
Atletico Madrid did not take long to get a replacement for Antoine Griezmann. The last season’s LaLiga runner-up had made a formal offer to bring in Joao Felix.
Joao Felix is one of the most shining young players in Europe. In fact, the Portuguese national team player earned the nickname Cristiano Ronaldo.
Atletico Madrid has dared to offer 126 million euros for Benfica. The offer is more than the player’s release clause which is only 120 million euros. Atletico is deliberately overestimating as they wanted to pay installments.
Atletico Madrid coach, Diego Simeone, supports the plan to hook Joao Felix. Simeone considers Atletico is used to orbiting young players.
“Hostorically, Atletico purchases young players to develop them here. Like what happened to Jan Oblak, Jose Gimenez, and Lucas Hernandez when they came from the junior team,” said Simeone on Fox Sport Argentina.
“We want talented players who can absorb ideas. Our technical staff have worked on several situations to develop players,” he added.
Atletico Madrid’s chances of bring in Benfica: 85 percent
Atletico Madrid’s bid to bring in Joao Felix will be very challenging for Benfica to reject. Although Benfica insists that they are evaluating, but most likely the 19-year-old player will leave for Atletico.