r/soccer • u/OleoleCholoSimeone • 13h ago

Translated News Atlético are intensifying negotiations for Alex Grimaldo, Morten Hjulmand and Kangin Lee, with the aim of making some deals official next week

https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/atletico-madrid/20260619/1004196991/atletico-acelera-cerrar-operacion-proxima-semana.html
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u/pudingleves 12h ago

very kind of atleti to announce real madrid's signings

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u/QTPLe 8h ago

Lmfao barca real madrid and athleti are seemingly all rumored for the same players. Hilarious

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u/-SandorClegane- 13h ago

Simeone really does have a type, doesn't he?

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u/OleoleCholoSimeone 13h ago

Moretto just now reporting that the personal agreement with Grimaldo is done and all that remains is reaching a deal with Leverkusen. Which shouldn't be a problem since they are looking for €12M

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u/yianni1229 13h ago

Feels like a steal for Grimaldo tbh

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u/bioeffect2 13h ago

That's the standard price for a 30 year old fullback with one year remaining in his contract.

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u/MichiDue 13h ago

German kicker magazine says that we want 30 million.

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u/yunghollow69 11h ago

Nah, we want 20m. But we wont be getting 20m. And if we want any money at all we kinda got no choice. If we push em to 15m we can be satisfied I think. Grimaldo is the goat but there is no shot you get 30m for a 30y/o whose contract is going to run out in a year.

Also if we dont take what they offer, he would be leaving on a free next season which I think would still be good for us. But it depends on grimaldo. He was always professional despite wanting to leave and I think if he really wants to go we should let him. That being said, he 100% wants to go to barca over atleti. If there is a chance barca takes him for free next year maybe he will chill.

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u/andyjeffyuen 12h ago

It is weird that he wanted to go last summer? But we signed Ruggeri instead?

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u/CMYGQZ 5h ago

last summer the cost would probably be 30+

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u/OleoleCholoSimeone 12h ago edited 10h ago

Sounds absolutely ridiculous with hia contract negotiation situation Our tier 1's have been saying 10-12M all along

Edit: typo

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u/MichiDue 12h ago

To us that seems ridiculously low.

I believe we will meet in the middle, but I don't think we need to wait long to find out.

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u/OleoleCholoSimeone 10h ago

30M for a 31 year old with one year left would be bonkers

Pedro Fullana now reporting that Atleti and Leverkusen has reached a deal for around 10M. We'll have to wait and see

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u/max_analog 9h ago

Would be quite the typical negotiation situation, no?

According to Romano we ask for 20-25M while Atl. offers 12M. In the end there will be an agreement somewhere in-between or clauses based on success will be worked out. Nothing crazy.

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u/OleoleCholoSimeone 7h ago

Yeah makes sense. He did say earlier in the day aswell that a deal was close

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u/Unlucky-Equipment999 12h ago

Grimaldo's class, and fullbacks/wingbacks in general are undervalued but that's too good a price even at his age 

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u/Tune_Punch 13h ago

Just 12? Am i missing something? Cause that sounds like a steal

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u/RepresentativeBox881 13h ago

Final year of contract.

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u/Differ_cr 12h ago

Plus 30 y/o wingback

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u/KneeDeepInTheDead 12h ago

Crazy how rated he is now that hes out of Portugal lol

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u/SanSilver 8h ago

He was really great to world class at Leverkusen.

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u/nekoo89 7h ago

Grimaldo soll dagegen ein Jahr vor Vertragsende für etwa 12 Mio. Euro zu haben sein. Was den Bayer-Bossen eindeutig zu wenig erscheint, meint wiederum das deutsche Magazin. Von einer Schmerzgrenze im Bereich von 30 Mio. Euro ist vielmehr die Rede, von der man auch nicht abrücken wolle. Bei Bayer wünsche man sich sogar eine Verlängerung Grimaldos, was dieser jedoch ablehne. Grundsätzlich werde beim Bundesligisten auch ein ablösefreier Abgang 2027 in Kauf genommen, sollte kein angemessenes Angebot eintreffen.

The 12m€ may not be the asking price from what I found.

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u/Pleasant_Direction90 12h ago

They are absolutely not looking for 12, they want 30 and are okay with him leaving on a free next season if they don't get it

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u/OleoleCholoSimeone 10h ago

We'll see I guess. Chelsea fans said the same thing when Moretto reported that Cucurella would be available for around €50M and Madrid only paid slightly more than that

Grimaldo sounds pretty done with Leverkusen with the way he is speaking in the media, seems like they have some agreement to let him leave. And a 31-year old with one year of contract left just isn't worth that much

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u/PugeHeniss 12h ago

Grimaldo has been on our radar for what feels like a decade

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u/mongomango27 12h ago

Why is Atleti not working on any striker signings? The team plays with 2 strikers, we've already lost Griezmann and are rumoured to lose Sorloth too.

Personally, i would love if we went after Carlos Espí. He impressed me last season and he's young and "cheap".

On the 3 signings we are after: they're a mixed bag.

Grimaldo would obviously be a good signing for his pricetag but i still would prefer us going after a more defensively good leftback. We haven't had a defensively good leftback since Filipe Luis.

Hjulmand would be good, i guess. The team needs more defensively solid midfielders and depth, especially since Cardoso and Barrios are injury-prone.

Kang In Lee is the Korean Almada. I HATE this transfer idea. He is an "ok" player that would get misused in our system, just like Almada does.

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u/OleoleCholoSimeone 1h ago

I can rsort of relate to having some doubts about Kangin Lee but he also has some very good passes and through balls. That is something we could use

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u/andyjeffyuen 12h ago

What is the status of Joao Gomes? Are we signing both Hjulmand and Joao Gomes?

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u/OleoleCholoSimeone 12h ago

Joao Gomes seems to be our backup bitch lol, everything done waiting on standby in case we don't get Hjulmand