"Sorloth is a Villarreal player and we are not looking for a replacement"

Days go by at Atletico Madrid and the fans keep asking themselves the same question: who will be the next '9' of the team? After the fiasco with the possible arrival of Dovbyk, the Rojiblanco team wants to accelerate and close their striker as soon as possible.

The chosen one seemed to be Alexander Solorth, who was willing to join the 'Colchoneros'. However, his club, Villarreal, is not in the same mood as the Norwegian striker.

The sporting director of the 'yellow submarine', Miguel Angel Tena at the press conference of the presentation of Sergi Cardona to send a serious warning to Atletico regarding the signing: "Sorloth is a Villarreal player, we do not have to be looking for any replacement because he is a Villarreal player and from there, continue working on that line".

Villarreal does not lower even one euro from the 38 million euros release clause and it seems that this is where the discrepancy with Atletico lies, which would offer something less. However, everything suggests that the two parties are destined to understand each other and that the operation could be closed in the coming days.