The arrivals of Conor Gallagher and Julian Alvarez have energised Atletico Madrid, Diego Simeone mentioned on Sunday.
Gallagher, who joined this summer time from Premier League aspect Chelsea, scored his first LaLiga objective in Sunday’s 3-0 residence win over Valencia, opening the scoring within the first half.
He’s now simply the third youngest English goalscorer within the Spanish top-flight (24 years and 222 days), after Jude Bellingham and Mason Greenwood.
“He got here with plenty of enthusiasm, and we would have liked that sort of participant within the midfield as a result of he makes us higher,” Simeone advised a information convention.
“He doesn’t cease giving his finest in each sport scenario through which he participates.”
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One other new signing, Alvarez, scored within the 93rd minute, additionally his first objective within the Spanish high flight since becoming a member of from Manchester Metropolis.
He grew to become the 14th Argentina participant to attain for Atletico in LaLiga this century.
“All of us wanted him to attain a objective, for him to be extra relaxed, to be linked to what he likes… hopefully the objective would be the first of many,” the supervisor added.
“I think about that he lives for the objective and the passion to generate this sort of scenario. In the present day he appeared as he at all times does as a minimum anticipated second on the finish of the sport when hope appears to be fading and, fortunately, he scored.”
The Atletico boss added that the strengthened squad, which incorporates new signings corresponding to Robin Le Normand and Alexander Sorloth, is gelling very properly and that permits them to compete on the stage they need to.
