It will be a summer of transfers at zero cost. Berta manages a list of important footballers, how could it be otherwise. But Atlético will be attentive to players who end their contract or are close to it. There is no other great possibility, because the club’s economy is not for making large disbursements. There are three positions that Atlético could be reinforced with a substitute for Lodi on the left-back, a midfield player and a striker. The club has Morata, Diego Costa, João Félix, Vitolo, Lemar, Saponjic…Simeone works with a team of 23 footballers. He has had injuries and there are not many footballers. Yes a right back and the shots point to Arias. Trippier and Vrsaljko are the title holders. He Atlético could put Arias on the market to enter some moneyor. Saponjic has not played either and could go on loan, but in this case Atlético would not pay money. Carrasco is on loan and the purchase option can be exercised. And Adam ends contract. They are happy with it and could renew it.Only if someone comes out, a bell player will arrive. The squad, which has been through injury problems, is competitive. He has shown it against Liverpool, he still stands in Europe and only his lack of goal has deprived him of a fight for LaLiga. And the new ones have already adapted. Its performance should be greater with one year of experience. Atlético expects a summer at zero cost. The COVID-19 crisis will affect Atlético’s immediate future, an entity that has not stopped growing in its budget in recent years. And it has not stopped growing in workers either. The ERTE announced by Gil Marín is one of the club’s measures to mitigate the great blow that the club is accusing. From a sports point of view there will also be consequences. The club will be very limited when it comes to making signings and the squad, except for some adjustments, will be the same this season.. The great financial outlay was made by Atlético last summer with the arrival of a large number of soccer players, including João Félix, the entity’s most expensive signing: 127 million.The squad will be practically the same and everything will be conditioned to the fact that there may be an important exit. Lemar looks like the player who could leave and it would leave some economic amount in the club, although its value is far from the 70 million that the entity paid. Thomas has a great lineup, but the club hopes he will finish renewing and continue more years with the team. Only if there is a great start can an important player arrive. read more
Donegal cyclist Phillip Deignan has been omitted from Team Sky for the forthcoming Tour de France event which starts on Saturday.Deignan’s omission has come as a huge shock as the Letterkenny cyclist has performed well all season for Team Sky. The Tour de France is the highlight of any professional cyclists career and Deignan will be devastated to have been left off the roster for the world famous event.Deignan took part in the National Cycling Championships in Omagh at the weekend which dispels any rumour he was carrying an injury.The team will be headed by Olympic Bronze medallist Chris Froome.The Team Sky roster for the Tour de France is: Team Sky for Tour de France:- Chris Froome, Richie Porte, Geraint Thomas, Peter Kennaugh, Ian Stannard, Luke Rowe, Nicolas Roche, Leonard König and Wout Poels.MASSIVE BLOW FOR PHILLIP DEIGNAN AS TEAM SKY OMIT HIM FOR TOUR DE FRANCE was last modified: June 29th, 2015 by Mark ForkerShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Tags:BlowHome-page SportnewsPhilip DeignanTeam SkyTour de France read more