Atletico Madrid have completed their 7th new arricval of the summer but does this mean that the pressure is on for them to bring silverware this year?
Is the pressure on for Atletico Madrid and Diego Simeone as they make 7th summer signing originally appeared on The Sporting News
Atletico Madrid have been active in the transfer window announcing another signing in Giacamo Raspadori per their website en.atleticomadrid.com. This brings their summer transfer spend to 175 million euros according to transfermarkt.us.
They've bought Alex Baena from Villareal, Thiago Almada from Botafago, and the aforementioned Raspadori from Napoli to reinforce an attack that already has Julian Alvarez, Antoine Griezmann, and Alexander Sorloth.
Baena and Almada are also players that can play in midfield and they've also bought in Johnny Cardaso who was a standout midfielder for Real Betis last year.
They've brought in Matteo Ruggeri from Atalanta and Marc Pubill to start at their fullback/wingback positions and David Hancko from Feynoord to reinforce their centre back group.
Seven different starter level players brought in to reinforce a team that was pretty strong last year. Atletico Madrid haven't been known to be big spenders but that brings two straight summers where they are La Liga's biggest spenders.
They have been known as a scrappy defensive team that Simeone has consistently helped overachieve and occasionally beat out the big teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona to titles.
This year should be different though. They shouldn't be considered favorites for La Liga or the Champions League. At the same time, expectations should be higher for this season.
They should be able to push Real Madrid and Barcelona closer than last season in La Liga, make it at least to the Champions League quarter final, and aim to win the Copa del Rey.
Simeone will always be a made man with the Colchoneros, but there should be more pressure for his squad to perform this season.
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