Five strikers on Atlético Madrid's radar for next season
Islam Slimani
The Algerian youngster has been making quite a name for himself at Sporting CP, where he has racked up 24 goals in 38 matches this season. Standing at 6 foot and weighing in at a sturdy 84 kilos, he ticks all the boxes for the physical style of football S
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Stevan Jovetic
The Inter Milan striker’s stock was sky high when he was at Fiorentina, but a disappointing spell with Manchester City brought his star crashing down to earth. Despite moving back to Serie A – this time to Inter Milan – the Montenegrin has yet to rediscov
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Edinson Cavani
The Uruguayan has long been earmarked for a move to the Spanish capital, however, signing him wouldn’t come cheap (PSG paid Napoli 64 million euros for him) and that’s without touching on his salary (according to reports in France he earns 10 million euro
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Diego Costa
The most likely of the five candidate on this list. The club have made the Spanish-nationalised Brazilian their top target. Temper tantrums and lackluster performances have made Costa a bit of a laughing stock in the Premier League and he is clearly unha
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Gonzalo Higuaín
As good as El Pipita is, signing a former Real Madrid player would turn more than a few stomachs in the Calderón (the Argentine was particularly effective against Atlético during his Los Blanco playing days). The Napoli striker has hit the onion bag 29 ti
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