Atletico Madrid reach agreement to sign Serie A forward in €26m deal

Atletico Madrid have been very busy this summer time, and they’re about to make their ninth signing of the switch window.

Clement Lenglet, Juan Musso, Matteo Ruggeri, Álex Baena, Johnny Cardoso, Thiago Almada, Marc Pubill and David Hancko have already arrived on the RiyadhAir Metropolitano, which has considerably improved the depth in Diego Simeone’s squad. However regardless of this, there’s scope for additional signings, and assault is one space that’s nonetheless to be addressed.

Simeone has needed another new face to finish his ahead choices, and after a deal for Enzo Millot collapsed, Atleti moved on to Giacomo Raspadori. Private phrases have already been agreed with the Italian, and now Diario AS have reported that Napoli have now given the inexperienced mild for a switch to be accomplished.

Atleti can pay €22m for Raspadori, with €4m in add-ons included too. The 25-year-old, who has been capped 40 occasions by Italy, is because of journey to Madrid within the coming days to finalise the transfer, which implies that he ought to be accessible to face Espanyol in subsequent weekend’s La Liga opener.

Raspadori will compete for striker positions

Raspadori will arrive at Atleti because the substitute for Angel Correa, who left earlier in the summertime to hitch Mexican aspect Tigres. He’ll compete with Julian Alvarez, Antoine Griezmann and Alexander Sorloth for the 2 striker positions, provided that Simeone is anticipated to stay with the 4-4-2 that he used all through final season.

Given the spending achieved all through the summer time switch window, there will probably be stress on Atleti to correctly problem Barcelona and Actual Madrid throughout all fronts in the course of the 2025-26 season. Simeone has the instruments at his disposal so as to add to his record of honours as head coach of Los Colchoneros, and the query now’s whether or not he can ship on this.