Chapter 248: The team changes blood

Ringer settled his parents and soon went to report to the team.

The whole Atletico Madrid squad is now training in the team's blessed land, in the small town of Segovia, north of Madrid.

When Ringer arrived, most of them were gone.

Atletico's players who participated in the World Cup are the kind that are out of the tournament very quickly, with three Spanish internationals out of the group stage, Diego Godin and Jimenez's Uruguay out of the round of 16, Courtois and Alderweireld's Belgium out of the quarterfinals, so most of them came back quickly.

"Lin, you're finally back, I'll go for a physical examination later to see if you have gone too far in the summer." As soon as Ringer arrived, the fat man with a loud voice shouted loudly.

To be honest, Ringer really didn't exercise much in the summer, and the original six-pack abs on his stomach were almost growing into one. Originally, professional players work hard enough, and if you don't have a holiday and don't relax, and you have to practice hard, it's too boring.

However, he is not overly indulgent, if he gains weight in one summer and directly becomes a ball, it is not relaxation, but no work ethic.

"Lin, you come over first, I'll introduce you to the team's new teammates." Simeone appeared and said to Ringer.

"Hello, Lin, nice to meet you."

"Lin, your performance in the Champions League last season was fantastic~~~"

After Costa left, Ringer was the undisputed star of the team, and new teammates came to compliment him, and Ringer shook hands or hugged them one by one, meeting these new teammates.

In today's Atletico team, many familiar faces have disappeared, and many new faces have been added.

Diego Costa, Felipe and Courtois were taken away by Chelsea in the Premier League, and due to the bonus of the Champions League title, both are worth a little higher than the original space, Diego Costa sold for 42 million, Felipe for 22 million. As for Thibaut Courtois, he himself was on loan from Chelsea and has now been recalled for free.

In addition to these three, the forward substitute Adrian was also sold to Porto for 12 million, and some others such as Insua, Oliver Torres, Alderweireld, Giravogui and others who did not have the main position, according to the player's personal wishes, some were loaned and some were handled cheaply, and they also went a lot.

There are a lot of people in various positions, and Atletico Madrid naturally has to make reinforcements.

Courtois is gone in the goalkeeper position, and the veteran Alan Subia is also playing in the lower league, so it is natural to have a big change.

Atletico Madrid brought in Slovenian goalkeeper Jan Oblak from Benfica in the Portuguese Super League, Oblak was Benfica's main goalkeeper last season, helped Benfica win the Portuguese domestic treble (Portuguese Super League, Portuguese Cup and Portuguese League Cup), and also helped Benfica reach the final in the League Cup, but unfortunately lost to Sevilla on penalties, otherwise it would be a small quadruple.

With these performances, Oblak was voted the best goalkeeper in the Portuguese league last season, but he is still very young at 21 years old, and his household register does not give him much commercial bonus, Atletico Madrid paid 16 million euros.

Oblak is a potential goalkeeper valued by the Atletico Madrid coaching staff, but he is really young, and Atletico Madrid still has to play in the Champions League, and he is afraid that he will not be able to take on a big role for the time being due to his lack of experience, so he introduced 30-year-old goalkeeper Miguel Moya from Getafe.

Moya has been Getafe's main goalkeeper for the past few years, and his performance is decent, and his contract is about to expire, and the price is cheap, costing Atletico 3 million euros.

In addition to the goalkeeper position, Brazilian Felipe is gone, and the left-back position also needs to be strengthened.

Atletico Madrid brought in left wing-back Guilherme Siqueira from Granada, who is also a Brazilian, and Jesús Gámez from Málaga, both of which did not cost much. Siqueira spent 10 million and Gamiz 2.5 million.

In addition, Atletico Madrid also loaned a left-back from Zenit St. Petersburg in the Russian Premier League, and Argentine Christian Ansaldi can also be regarded as a supplement to the left-back position.

In addition to the goalkeeper and left-back positions, the forward line is the biggest loss for Atletico Madrid this summer, Costa and Adrian have left one after another, and Atletico's forward line is the main force and substitutes are gone, which is the position that needs to be strengthened the most.

So far, Atletico Madrid have brought in Mexican international Raul Jimenez from Mexico America for 11 million euros. This is the second Jimenez in the Atletico Madrid team, after Atletico Madrid had a Jimenez, Diego Godin's Uruguayan compatriot José Jimenez, also a central defender, but not yet 20 years old, only a potential player in the Atletico team, rarely have the opportunity to play.

Atletico then brought in Italian international Celci from Torino, the Bianconeri's rivals. Cerci was last season's Serie A assist leader and went to the World Cup in Brazil with the team in the summer, a signing that cost Atletico 16 million euros.

However, Atletico are currently in crucial transfer talks with Real Sociedad in an attempt to bring in their star player, French striker Antoine Griezmann.

Griezmann has expressed his willingness to join Atletico Madrid through his agent, the two clubs have not yet negotiated the transfer fee, Real Sociedad asked for 40 million euros, which is the same price as Ringer's transfer to Atletico Madrid last year, and Atletico Madrid naturally does not want to give such a high price.

Antoine Griezmann is indeed a young striker in La Liga, but he was at his best in 12/13 to help Real Sociedad qualify for the Champions League, while Griezmann did nothing in the Champions League last season, and Real Sociedad also finished bottom of the Champions League group stage and set several records for the worst in the Champions League.

In the summer of this year, Griezmann also went to the World Cup in Brazil with the French team, and the coach of the French team, Didier Deschamps, still valued him very much, and he got the opportunity to play in five games of the French team, but he did not take the opportunity to have any performance, so it was naturally not worth such a high price.

If Griezmann can perform well at the World Cup in Brazil, then Real Sociedad will now negotiate a transfer fee with Atletico Madrid, but with Barcelona Real Madrid.

Atletico Madrid's introduction of Griezmann was intended to train him as Ringer's forward partner, and Simeone also called Ringer specifically, after all, Ringer is Atletico Madrid's leading star, and if the newly introduced partner and Ringer do not get along, it will definitely seriously affect the team's results.

Ringer has no problem with this, Griezmann is a capable player.

In addition to these signings, the return of Saul Niguez, who spent last season on loan at Rayo Vallecano, is also an important "signing" in midfield.

Saul came through the Atletico Madrid academy and debuted as a wing-back, but after a loan move to Rayo Vallecano, he was switched to a central midfielder, and later even became Rayo Vallecano's main central defender. Saul was named in the defensive position in the best team voted by some Spanish media last season.

However, now that he is back at Atletico Madrid, Saul still has to play in midfield. Atletico Madrid's central defenders are fully staffed, with Godin and Miranda in the main position, and there are potential stars such as José Jimenez on the bench, so the Belgian international Alderweireld, who cannot play, has taken the initiative to ask for a loan.

In general, there has been a lot of blood change in the Atletico Madrid team, and many people have left and many people have come, but Ringer, as a professional player, has long been mentally prepared for this kind of thing.

Even the big teams will change blood every year, and Atletico Madrid will certainly change blood too.