Molina a step away from Atletico Madrid, Udinese want Perez in exchange

The agreement was found on the basis of 20 million plus the defender. For Walace it can be closed with Flamengo at 8 million

UDINE. A phone call to define the sale of Nahuel Molina to Atletico Madrid and the return of Nehuen Perez in Udine, and one to deal with Flamengo who already has an agreement with Walace.

Thus, on Friday 15 July, Gino Pozzo made the Udinese market take off, without even taking a plane, but picking up the phone to personally conduct two operations that had been stagnating for some time in a dangerous impasse. In both cases nothing is yet defined, but if on Friday the Spanish press trumpeted the imminent arrival of Molina at the court of Cholo Simeoneit is because Udinese and Atletico basically agreed on what they had secretly set for themselves for some time, coming out into the open and talking to each other clearly, giving up teasing each other.

And here, to understand the turning point that came at the end of the chat between Gino Pozzo and the managing director of Atletico Migel Angel Gil, it is good to retrace some steps starting from the beginning of June, when the colchoneros seemed interested in the Argentine outside, only to retire from that virtual auction that had been created.

The red and white, in fact, had considered the price of the tag too exorbitant and out of reach, those 30 million required for the 24-year-old Reservoirwhich in fact had also made Arsenal escape, thus facilitating Juventus who in fact tried to play to the downside without ever even approaching 20 million, offering in addition some technical counterparts considered uninteresting by Udinese.

After the apparent lack of interest in Molina, Atletico had followed the return to Madrid of Nehuen Perez, the 22-year-old Argentine defender who last year was sent on loan to Friuli, with a two-year option, as part of the operation. De Paul. It was precisely the decision not to renew Perez’s loan that sent Gino Pozzo into a rage, who, not surprisingly, played hard yesterday, putting the request for a card from the Argentine defender on the negotiating table.

In doing so, Udinese lowered the price of Molina that Atletico are now willing to take for about twenty million, plus Perez’s price tag. It is on this agreement that the two clubs therefore met yesterday, while for the definition it will be necessary to wait, expecting a closure of the operation with a loan based on the obligation to redeem set at 15 million, a formula pleasing to the Spaniards who must lighten the mountain. engagements.

But Gino Pozzo also spoke with Flamengo to define the sale of Walace, already offered in Spezia and Naples. Udinese is asking for 10 million, while Flamengo has offered 6 so far for 70% of the card, also thanks to the agreement already reached with the player who has been offered a five-year contract. Agent Rogerio Braun will arrive in Udine on Monday and will offer 8 to the Friulian management to close the deal.