Diego Simeone insists he’s prepared for the battle as soon as once more as Atletico Madrid kick off a vital 2025/26 season.
Simeone has revamped his squad over the summer time, with €181m spent on ten new faces, the newest being Italy worldwide Giacomo Raspadori.
The problem for Simeone within the months forward is to guide his workforce throughout a number of competitions and pose a significant problem to Barcelona and Actual Madrid.
An early exit from this summer time’s FIFA Membership World Cup might show to be a blessing with a larger relaxation interval triggered to permit Simeone and his gamers to reset.
Simeone able to go once more at Atletico Madrid
Regardless of the stress surrounding him over making his new signings click on from the off, Simeone is assured the hearth burns as sturdy as ever, forward of this weekend’s opener at Espanyol.
“I’m very joyful. I’m joyful the place I’m. I nonetheless have the power that the place I occupy requires. I do know the implications, good, common, and unhealthy, of the place I’m,” as per Marca.
“The workforce has advanced enormously, and the workforce must evolve accordingly. In recent times, the workforce has grown greater than the membership; the membership matched the workforce; then the membership grew extra, however the workforce didn’t.
“Now, the workforce must take one other step to match the membership’s present place.”
Forward of his return to motion, Simeone nonetheless holds the file for essentially the most video games managed at a single La Liga membership, with 739 on the helm within the Spanish capital.
His onto 509 within the all-time La Liga video games checklist, and can transfer joint ninth with Joaquin Caparros at Espanyol, plus a formidable trophy checklist in addition.
Two La Liga titles are the crowning image of his time in cost, alongside two UEFA Europa League crowns, and the 2013 Copa del Rey.