Although it still has a couple of tough challenges ahead - achieving the runners-up position in the League and winning the Europa League title - the truth is that the top officials of Atletico Madrid are already working on the development of the next project.
In fact, information reported today by CalcioMercato.com reveals that the club is on the hunt for a new midfielder in Italian lands. Furthermore, the portal dares to put two names on the table: Uruguayan Rodrigo Bentancur and Italian Sandro Tonali.
In both cases, the colchonera club would have to face, in one way or another, with Juventus. In the first case, because he is a player (20 years old) who plays for the vecchia signora and who, despite being rarely used by Massimiliano Allegri so far (only 5 times as a starter in Serie A), is one of the big future investments that the transalpine team has made in recent times (paid more than €10M for him to Boca Juniors last summer).
In the second case, because the bianconeri also want to secure the services of this very young midfielder from Brescia (17 years old) who has been compared to the famous Andrea Pirlo due to his good ball handling and game vision. The U19 international has accumulated 17 matches (2 goals and 2 assists) with the Serie B team this season.