The figures could not be more Pyrrhic: with ten official matches played, eight in La Liga and two in the Champions League, the balance of the two attackers for whom Atlético paid more than 120 million euros last summer , Julián Álvarez and Sorloth, these are only three goals. Its drought also coincides with the fertility of Samu Omorodion of Melilla, who was practically given to Porto for 15 million euros and who is eager to score.
Neither Julián nor Sorloth lives up to the expectations raised, especially the Norwegian, whose actions are already causing a murmur in the Metropolitan. The former Villarreal striker cost 32 million in fixed price and another 10 in variants and his record so far is a single goal in the first championship match, precisely against his former team. However, the main problem is no longer its balance, which is very poor, but rather its technical limitations are becoming more and more obvious. He failed to play a full match and in many of them he didn’t even start, as happened last Wednesday against Benfica.
Julián has one more goal than Sorloth and for Simeone he is much more of a protagonist, but his performance is nothing extraordinary considering that 75 million euros were paid for him, which will increase by another 15 million due to variables. to reach a total of 90 million, which makes the second most expensive signing in Atlético historyAfter the 117 million disbursed in the summer of 2019 by Joao Felix. The Argentine’s influence in the offensive game of the Rojiblancos is very limited and, to give an example, his compatriot Belt has so far been more decisive than him. At “spider” The winning goal scored in Vigo in stoppage time saved him, but there was little else to remember.
Besides, the big problem with Sorloth and Julián is Samu Omorodion’s great moment of formwho scored two goals against Manchester United yesterday in the Europa League and who it’s been seven hours with the shirt of dragons so far this season. The Melilla player was transferred for 15 million euros, which can be increased by another 10 if the Portuguese buy 80% of his rights. An operation which today seems one of the most ruinous in the history of the reds and whites and it is very difficult to understand.
The striker and the Norwegian will have a new opportunity to justify themselves in San Sebastian before the League was interrupted for the national team’s second break, which affects them moreover because they will go with their respective national teams, but there are already many voices that place them in the eye of the hurricane of a planning that in no way seems to have been the best for an Atlético whose seams never stop being visible.
