The signing market in Europe moves intensely, when a couple of months are missing for the summer window to open, and there are Colombians involved.
There are several teams that seek to strengthen their defense after a season in which the failures and scarce alternatives were notorious. You have to move quickly and get to June with the advanced agreements.
A Colombian in Simeone's plans?
One of those who suffered in his rear in the last year was Atlético de Madrid, who was staying in the fight for LaLiga's title and succumbed in Champions League at the hands of Real Madrid.
The defense was pointed out and that is why, now that Witsel will not renew and that Azpilicueta leaves, he will go on the market to sign a central defender.
And there seems like a Colombian: Jhon Lucumí. According to the newspaper As of Spain, the defender of Bologna would be for a long time ago by the sports direction of the 'mattresses', who recognize their good defensive air game, their remarkable speed and their strength at the crosses.
Lucumí, 26, is consolidated in series A, where he has also caught the attention of Inter Milan, but has a contract until 2027, so the road is the transfer.
What does your landing depend in Madrid?
The point is that the competition is very hard and that, in reality, it is more a plan B than a real priority.
According to the source, Diego Simeone's number of Diego Simeone is also the Argentine Cuti Romero, world champion but a little stagnant in a Tottenham who has stopped fighting to European positions in England.
The problem is that it has a contract until 2027 and that forces the 'mattresses' to a transfer that the 'spurs' will not facilitate, in the case of one of their most quoted players. In fact, its value would be around 80 million euros. After spending what, with bonuses, they would be about 95 million euros in Julián Álvarez, we must certainly think of an alternative.
Businesses are not yet closed and, in any case, the pressure of the Romero itself has a lot of weight when it comes to a transfer. For Simeone it will be a luxury to have three world champions (adding to De Paul), but the amounts are not easy to address. We will have to wait for the evolution of a case that would directly impact Lucumí.
