Monaco: Atlético, the regret of Sidib
the 06/26/2022 9:28 p.m.
Released by AS Monaco, Djibril Sidib (29 years old, 17 games in L1 this season) has regrets about his time in the Principality. After the title of champion of France in 2017, the side right had the opportunity to join Atlético de Madrid. But the two clubs were unable to reach an agreement.
“Atletico and other clubs like Manchester City have contacted my agent, told the French international Oh My Goal. But where I wanted to go is Atletico. I needed to remove this label from counter-attacking player, I wanted to be a reference, a real defender. When you look at what Atlético is doing, I said to myself that I needed to take some ingredients there, to train myself well to be a beast in defense and let go more freely on the offensive aspect.”
“The discussions were complicated, I think there was a bit of greed from the club. But I don’t blame them, somewhere allowed me to discover something else in my game, even if it was complicated by I was really frustrated because it was the best opportunity to expand my palette. A few million was played. It took me a long time to digest the frustration”, recalled the ancient Trojan.
(By Eric Bethsy)