MADRID – Atletico Madrid have officially signed Moussa Dembélé as the new mattress player.
As confirmed by ESPN, the French striker is on loan from Olympique 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 loan of Moussa Dembélé for the rest of the season. The footballer, born in Pontoise (France, July 12, 1996), underwent a medical examination at the Universidad de Navarra Clinic before becoming a new rojiblanco player “, the rojiblanco team communicated through its website.
Dembélé, 24, comes to Atlético to cover the loss of Diego Costa after the mattress club and the Brazilian striker reached an agreement on December 29 to terminate the contract.
However, Diego Simeone will have to wait a few weeks to be able to count on his new signature, since Dembélé arrives with an arm injury (broken radius) that prevented him from playing with Olympique de Lyon on December 19th.
After passing the mattress recognition, Dembélé will continue to recover to fight Luis Suárez, Joao Felix and Ángel Correa for a leading position.
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 player himself knows that it will not be easy to arrive and immediately replace a Diego Costa who is still in Lagarto (Brazil) and is waiting to specify a new destination.
Atleti’s coaching staff applauds Dembele’s hiring because he is doing very well in space and because of his scoring nose. In the 2018-2019 season he scored 15 goals and last year he scored 16. However, this season, he barely scored a goal due to disagreements with the OL coach and was looking for a way out for some time.
Atleti manages to consolidate its advantage in this way, so that both Joao Félix and Luis Suárez can rotate in the second half of the season. The athletes, who will face Chelsea in the knockout stages of the Champions League, are already winter champions in La Liga, with four points ahead of Real Madrid and two games less than they have at the mattress club. many expectations won the title again.