Atletico Madrid wants Soyuncu to replace Brazilian Felipe

With the arrival of Memphis Depay, the Atletico Madrid got his main goal in the transfer window: a nine shirt. However, the probable departure of defender Felipe (ex-Corinthians) to the Premier League makes the Spanish club monitor the situation of defenders to replace the Brazilian, according to the newspaper. Brand.

Atletico Madrid are negotiating with Wolves for Felipe — next step of the domino effect would be Atléti to sign Çağlar Söyüncü from #LCFC already in January. ⚪️🔴 #Athletes

Atletico also asked for Victor Lindelöf weeks ago but Man United rejected as Ten Hag wants to keep him. pic.twitter.com/bVPVaHa0GZ

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) January 11, 2023

The ball of the time is the Turkish Çağlar Söyüncü, who plays for Leicester City, from England. The 26-year-old defender has a bond with his current team until June 30 of this year and, therefore, can already sign a pre-contract with any team. Soyuncu wants to transfer to Atlético, the club wants the player and a deal should be closed soon.

Soyuncu’s arrival in January would only be possible if Felipe, who also has a contract until the middle of the year, agreed to say goodbye to Atlético five months ahead of schedule and head to the Premier League. Wolverhampton – which already took Matheus Cunha from the Colchoneros – and Everton are interested in signing the Brazilian and are trying to take him to England.

For Leicester, where he has been since 2018, Soyuncu played 123 matches, scored three goals and helped the team win the FA Cup and the FA Super Cup. Felipe has been at Atlético since 2019 – when he arrived from Porto. The player who played for the Brazilian national team played 113 games for the Colchoneros, scored four goals and helped them win La Liga in 2021.