{"id":648897,"date":"2024-11-27T03:30:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T08:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=648897"},"modified":"2024-11-26T23:53:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T04:53:46","slug":"atletico-madrid-diego-simeone-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/11\/27\/atletico-madrid-diego-simeone-rumours\/","title":{"rendered":"Atl\u00e9tico Madrid President Insists Crucial Asset Will Not Leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atl\u00e9tico Madrid President Enrique Cerezo has addressed rumours that the club is looking for a new manager. Read on to find out the context behind the rumours and his comments on Diego Simeone&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<h2>Atl\u00e9tico Madrid President Clears Up Diego Simeone Replacement Talk<\/h2>\n<h3>Firm Comments Leave Reporters Wanting More<\/h3>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/amp.marca.com\/futbol\/champions-league\/2024\/11\/26\/cerezo-entrenador-nadie.html&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi_qrHVs_qJAxVPK_sDHRyCBCwQyM8BKAB6BAgFEAE&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Nf55qggdDGHFmqA64HGq2\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Speaking to reporters in Prague<\/a> ahead of Atl\u00e9tico Madrid&#8217;s Champions League match with Sparta Praha, club President Enrique Cerezo has shut down any rumours that manager Simeone might leave. He assured that, \u201cNeither the manager nor anyone will leave,\u201d going on to say that, \u201cEveryone is happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear if by \u201canyone\u201d he is referring to players or club staff in addition to the manager. One reporter followed up asking if the club\u2019s sporting director, Andrea Berta, will leave, to which Cerezo chose to respond by asking, \u201cWhy are we here today? To speak about the match or the sporting director?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/11\/14\/atletico-madrid-target-la-liga-defender-juanma-herzog\/\" target=\"_self\">Atl\u00e9tico Madrid\u2019s Summer Transfer Target: A Promising La Liga Talent<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, it has surfaced that the departure of Berta is almost certain, either at the end of the season or sooner. As for Simeone, there have been reports coming from sources of varying reliability that Los Colchoneros have pinpointed Unai Emery as the successor to the current manager.<\/p>\n<h3>Stasis At Atleti?<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s no secret that there appears to be a feel of \u2018Wenger in his twilight Arsenal years\u2019 at Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in the last few seasons. While Los Rojiblancos were crowned La Liga champions in 2021, they have had little to shout about since then.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/10\/29\/what-is-going-on-atletico-madrid\/\" target=\"_self\">Two Wins In Eight Matches \u2013 What Is Going On At Atl\u00e9tico Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each season (usually around this time), question marks appear as to whether the current campaign is to be Simeone&#8217;s last. These typically succeed a drop in form, which is then answered with a Champions League place secured and a mediocre run in Europe to wrap up the term. Sound familiar?<\/p>\n<p>If we are to draw up Wenger-Simeone comparisons, then we can mention that upon <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.beinsports.com\/en-asia\/football\/primera-divisin\/articles\/i-love-where-i-am-says-simeone-after-700th-game-in-charge-of-atletico-2024-11-23&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi7qcT5svqJAxUURaQEHeS-HJ4QxfQBKAB6BAgNEAE&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Ttn42qrqLwF1LzCcxX2-8\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">completing 700 games<\/a> in charge of Atleti, El Cholo has recorded six more victories than the Frenchman had at the same stage with Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever may come of the future at the Estadio Metropolitano, Atleti will struggle to find anyone close to achieving what Simeone has. For now, at least according to the president, it seems the time for change isn&#8217;t quite yet upon us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atl\u00e9tico Madrid President Enrique Cerezo has addressed rumours that the club is looking for a new manager. Read on to find out the context behind the rumours and his comments on Diego Simeone&#8217;s future. Atl\u00e9tico Madrid President Clears Up Diego Simeone Replacement Talk Firm Comments Leave Reporters Wanting More Speaking to reporters in Prague ahead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5302,"featured_media":647315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,31819],"tags":[210],"class_list":["post-648897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-liga","category-atletico-madrid","tag-atletico-madrid"],"modified_by":"Henry Chung, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5302"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}