In the last couple of days, Atletico Madrid have actually turned their attention to Alexander Sorloth in their pursuit of a brand-new striker. An offer for Artem Dovbyk collapsed at the 11th hour recently, which has actually led club authorities to pursue the man that ended up one objective behind the future Roma striker in last season’s Pichichi Trophy race.

BREAKING: Atlético Madrid will settle the finalizing of Alexander Sørloth.

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Matteo Moretto has actually reported that an offer to take Sorloth to Atleti will be concurred upon imminently. However, it’s been reported by Diario AS that Villarreal will not sanction the relocation up until they have actually settled a replacement for the Norwegian marksman.

It might suggest that Sorloth does not formally associate Diego Simeone’s team for a number of weeks yet. This will be extremely discouraging for Atletico Madrid fans, whom currently needed to wait weeks for main verification of Robin Le Normand’s arrival from Real Sociedad.

It will be intriguing to see how Villarreal choose in their own striker search. They have a lot of cash to invest in the back of the sales of Ben Brereton Diaz and Filip Jorgensen, although their absence of European football for the 2024-25 season might inconvenience to lure their leading target(s).