Why Saul Niguez Is the 1 Player Atletico Madrid Can’t Afford to Lose This Summer

Atletico Madrid’s success under manager Diego Simeone has inevitably meant that they have had to fend off bids for their best players most summers, with the likes of Diego Costa, David de Gea and Arda Turan all moving on recently.

This summer isn’t likely to be different in terms of interest after Atleti mounted a challenge for La Liga and have made it to the UEFA Champions League final. They should find themselves in the position to reject any advances for players they absolutely do not want to sell.

There could be quite a few in that category, though almost every player is ultimately replaceable. The one player in danger of being targeted by other clubs who Atletico absolutely cannot afford to lose, is midfielder Saul Niguez.

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To be clear, we’re not saying Saul is the best on the team. There are however two or three players who are in no apparent danger of being sold and thus shouldn’t come into the equation: Koke, Diego Godin and Jan Oblak being paramount among them.

Of the remaining players, while someone such as Antoine Griezmann is naturally a superb part of the squad, he would fetch an enormous transfer fee and his type of game is replaceable for Atletico, especially given their innate ability to replace quality with quality.

Saul, Jose Maria Gimenez, Yannick Carrasco, Angel Correa and one or two others are younger stars who teams would no doubt love …

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