Alessio Cerci may have completed a move to Atletico Madrid, but reports this afternoon suggest he wasn’t their first choice.
The Torino winger left Piedmont to sign for the Spanish champions, with the move being completed on deadline day.
Alessio Cerci may have completed a move to Atletico Madrid, but reports this afternoon suggest he wasn’t their first choice.
The Torino winger left Piedmont to sign for the Spanish champions, with the move being completed on deadline day.
But TuttoMercatoWeb have revealed this afternoon that Diego Simeone’s men had in fact tried to get Juan Cuadrado from Fiorentina” data-scaytid=”7″>Fiorentina.
The website have claimed that last week’s Liga winners approached the Viola earlier in the summer to try and sign the Colombia international, and were told that only a bid of over €40m would see the wide man leave Tuscany.
As it was, Atleti deemed that to be too expensive, and opted instead for Cerci, who they bought for around €15m.
Cuadrado was also linked with Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Manchester United, but has ended up staying at Fiorentina.