After securing the services of Colombian international, Jackson Martínez, Atlético are still working on reinforcing other areas of the squad. Their next objective is to recuperate Brazilian, Filipe Luis and the Spanish club are edging closer to their goal. Atleti’s sporting directors are aware that Chelsea coach, José Mourinho, will not stand in the way of a move back to the Calderon for the Brazilian. Chelsea, are already working on finding a replacement and stories in the English press suggest that conversations with 20 year old Ghanaian, Baba Rahman (currently playing in the Bundesliga with Augsburg) are at an advanced stage.
Despite a degree of optimism at the Calderón regarding the return of the Brazilian defender, there is still the hurdle of convincing Abramovich, who invested 20 million euro in bring the Brazilian player to Stamford Bridge last year. One factor that may play an influential role is the departure of Arda and West London being a possible destination for the Turkish player.
Ahmet Bulut, Arda’s agent and associate of Jorge Mendes, confirmed to AS that Arda’s future lies in the English Premier League and Chelsea were leading candidates to secure the Turkish international’s signature. Both player and agent have defined July 10 as a date when the player’s future needs to be clarified as Atletico convene for their 2015/16 pre-season activity on July 12.