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La Liga finish, top goalscorer and season preview

Posted By joeerazer
August 16, 2024
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After their worst La Liga finish in the last five years, Atletico Madrid are hoping to bounce back in their 2024/25 season with the help of a few new signings.

Last season, Atletico Madrid were a long way off from their 2020/21 La Liga-winning campaign. The club finished fourth in the Spanish league, got knocked out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals, and fell in the semi-finals in both the Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup.

Diego Simeone’s side has a renewed focus heading into the 2024/25 season, though, and most of it comes down to their new players. Julian Alvarez, Alexander Sorloth, and Robin Le Normand will look to help Los Colchoneros rediscover their winning ways and bring the club back to the top of La Liga.

Here’s 90min’s season preview of Atletico Madrid’s 2024/25 campaign.

Atletico Madrid’s only major success in the last five seasons came in 2021 when they won La Liga. Otherwise, Diego Simeone’s squad has struggled to top Real Madrid and Barcelona, especially last season when they only managed a fourth place finish, their worst in recent years.

Los Colchoneros have struggled in the Champions League as well, failing to make a single semi-final in their last five European campaigns.

Season

La Liga

Europe

Copa del Rey

Spanish Super Cup

2023/24

4th

Champions League QF

SF

SF

2022/23

3rd

Champions League GS

QF

2021/22

3rd

Champions League QF

Round of 16

SF

2020/21

Winners

Champions League Round of 16

R2

2019/20

3rd

Champions League QF

Round of 32

Runners-up

Quite a bit of jersey swapping went on at Atletico Madrid to satisfy their new squad. After the departure of Alvaro Morata, Julian Alvarez will now wear the number 19 jersey. Alexander Sorloth opted for the number 9, left vacant by Memphis Depay.

Pablo Barrios switched from 24 to 8, leaving Robin Le Normand free to take the 24 shirt.

Rodrigo Riquelme was the owner of the number 25, but he will now wear 17 since Javi Galan now has the number 22 jersey. Giuliano Simeone claimed the new 25 shirt.

Carlos Martin took Stefan Savic’s 15 shirt after the defender transferred to Fenerbahce.

Number

Player

1

Horatiu Moldovan

2

Jose Maria Gimenez

3

Cesar Azpilicueta

5

Rodrigo de Paul

6

Koke

7

Antoine Griezmann

8

Pablo Barrios

9

Alexander Sorloth

10

Angel Correa

11

Thomas Lemar

12

Samuel Lino

13

Jan Oblak

14

Marcos Llorente

15

Carlos Martin

16

Nahuel Molina

17

Rodrigo Riquelme

18

Arthur Vermeeren

19

Julian Alvarez

20

Axel Witsel

21

Joao Felix

22

Javi Galan

23

Reinildo Mandava

24

Robin Le Normand

25

Giuliano Simeone

29

Javi Serrano

30

Santiago Mourino

*Numbers subject to change before end of transfer window

In

Player

Joined From

Fee

Julian Alvarez

Manchester City

£75m

Robin Le Normand

Real Sociedad

£34.5m

Alexander Sorloth

Villarreal

£32m

Joao Felix

Barcelona

End of loan

Javi Galan

Real Sociedad

End of loan

Carlos Martin

CD Mirandes

End of loan

Giuliano Simeone

Alaves

End of loan

Santiago Mourino

Real Zaragoza

End of loan

Javi Serrano

Sturm Graz

End of loan

Samu Omorodion

Alaves

End of Loan

Victor Mollejo

Real Zaragoza

End of loan

Norja Garces

Elche CF

End of loan

German Valera

Real Zaragoza

End of loan

Out

Player

Club Joined

Fee

Alvaro Morata

AC Milan

£13m

Caglar Soyuncu

Fenerbahce

£8.5m

Stefan Savic

Trabzonspor

Free transfer

Gabriel Paulista

Besiktas

Free transfer

Saul Niguez

Sevilla

Loan deal

Memphis Depay

Released

Free transfer

Mario Hermoso

Released

Free transfer

Vitolo

Released

Free transfer

Atletico Madrid’s 2024/25 home and away kits feature the return of the club’s 1947 crest to celebrate when Los Colchoneros won the Double in their 1995/96 campaign. The home kit also includes pinstripes that take up the entire jersey, as well as a blue collar.

The 2024/25 away kit is ocean blue with red accents to pay homage to the Neptuno fountain where fans celebrate the club’s biggest triumphs.

Home kit

Away kit

Third kit

Atletico Madrid have yet to officially release their 2024/25 third kit.

Antoine Griezmann

Antoine Griezmann was Atletico Madrid’s top goalscorer last season. / Quality Sport Images/GettyImages

It is usually a pretty safe bet to say Antoine Griezmann will be Atletico Madrid’s top goalscorer. The Frenchman led the team last year with 16 goals in La Liga, earning him a sixth place finish in the Pichichi race. The 33-year-old also scored eight more goals across all competitions, bringing his total up to 24.

Griezmann will have plenty of help up top this season, though, for the first time in a long time. Alexander Sorloth, who scored the second most goals (23) in La Liga last season for Villarreal, made the move to Diego Simeone’s side this summer, and is expected to produce similar numbers in the 2024/25 season.

Plus, Julian Alvarez’s arrival promises Atletico Madrid’s most dynamic attack in years. The former Manchester City player just helped Argentina win the Copa America back in July, and has the quality in the final third to deliver a double-digit goal total in La Liga alone.

Alexander Sorloth, Joao Felix

Atletico Madrid should top their La Liga finish from last year. / Eurasia Sport Images/GettyImages

Atletico Madrid will certainly improve on their disappointing fourth place finish last season. With three key new signings, it is hard to imagine Simeone’s side allowing another mid-tier club to pass them in the standings.

Then, the question becomes: can they best Barcelona and Real Madrid? Perhaps on the pitch, sure; after all, Atletico Madrid were the only team to defeat Los Blancos in the 2023/24 La Liga season. Yet they have struggled in recent years to achieve the level of consistency needed to collect three points week in and week out.

Real Madrid are the clear favorites to win La Liga after signing Kylian Mbappe, and Barcelona have a proven squad capable of topping the Spanish league, leaving Atletico Madrid destined to finish behind both.

Atletico Madrid 2024/25 La Liga prediction – 3rd

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