Atletico Madrid to seal €15m move, defender will stay

Atletico Madrid and Inter Miami are set to finish a deal for Rodrigo de Paul. The Argentina worldwide left in the summertime to hitch up with compatriot Lionel Messi in a mortgage take care of an choice to purchase.

De Paul, who has been on and off linked with an exit from Los Rojiblancos for a while, was topic to a proposal from Inter Miami in the summertime. With heavy funding of their midfield within the type of Johnny Cardoso and Alex Baena, they had been keen to half with a key cog in the midst of the pitch, though on the time it was reported that Diego Simeone was eager to hold onto him.

De Paul transfer to be made everlasting

As reported by Marca amongst others, Inter Miami have now confirmed that they’ve exercised their choice to make the deal everlasting in change for €15m. The transfer shall be made official on the finish of January. De Paul, now 31, was only a 12 months away from seeing out his Atletico contract, and confronted with probably handing a profitable deal to a participant into their thirties, determined to money in on him.

He arrived for €35m from Udinese in 2021, and after 4 years on the Metropolitano, managed 187 appearances, 14 targets and 26 assists.

💣🚨BREAKING: Atlético Madrid precedence for this winter switch window is to signal a left-back.

Neither Javi Galán nor Ruggeri have satisfied, and the membership is trying to switch one in every of them with a purpose to signal one other left-back to lift the extent.@PedroFullanaSER pic.twitter.com/pSoSjIihHB

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) December 13, 2025

Nahuel Molina won’t exit in January

Regardless of curiosity from Juventus, each in the summertime and in latest months, Nahuel Molina is ready to stay at Atletico. One other of the Argentine contingent, Molina has been taking part in second fiddle to Marcos Llorente at right-back this season, Matteo Moretto explains that Los Rojiblancos are content material along with his performances, and won’t enable him to depart.

Atlético de Madrid is proud of the efficiency of Nahuel Molina and has full confidence in him, who’s the undisputed starter of the Argentine Nationwide Crew.

Molina performed at a excessive stage in opposition to Inter, within the Champions League, and in opposition to Barcelona, ​​in LaLiga, the place he additionally gave a…

— Matteo Moretto (@MatteMoretto) December 12, 2025

Molina, 27, additionally arrived from Udinese in 2022, and has two years left on his deal. Though he has misplaced his place to Llorente in defence, he does seem to stay forward of recent signing Marc Pubill within the pecking order in the interim.