08/14/2021 10:53
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Updated 08/14/2021 10:53
Diego Simeone gave his first press conference with a view to restarting the Spanish League and, naturally, he was asked about Lionel Messi and his departure from Barcelona.
Finally Leo ended up landing at PSG, but at the time it had been rumored that Atlético Madrid had thrown a hook to see if the striker would bite and pass the Colchonero.
El Cholo on Messi
Messi already with the PSG shirt.
"It is a very important exit for LaLiga and Barcelona.
We were not talking with him. We had no minimum option.
The Premier has neither Messi nor Ronaldo and it is a very competitive league. It will depend on the growth of all the teams to be able to do a competitive League without having either of them as England has done, "explained Cholo, who wanted to be very clear and said that at no time did they consider the option of bringing Messi. From the first minute he was released, they knew it was going to be impossible.
Atlético Madrid will debut this Sunday from 12:30 against Celta de Coudet
. And about next season, Simeone said: "Be competitive. The best thing that can happen to us as a club is not to change our destiny. Be competitive in everything we play. Improve the Copa del Rey, improve in the Champions League and fight LaLiga until the end".
In addition,
Cholo spoke about Rodrigo de Paul,
champion of the Copa América and who arrives as a star reinforcement in Atlético's midfield: "He came before the holidays to adapt to the group. Player with vision of the game, good stopped ball, has goal ... I do not discover anything if they followed him in Udinese and in the Copa América with Argentina. We will see if he can adapt to what the team needs. He enters a competition in midfield with Kondgobia, Herrera, Lemar, Llorente, Koke ... " .
Rodrigo de Paul in Atlético's clothes.
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