AAlthough there is still practically an entire season ahead, Atlético sees the Club World Cup which will be played from June 15 with undoubted concern, since the contest for the footballer who has had the most impact in the midfield in this start is currently up in the air. The dispute of European under 21 on the same date constitutes a serious problem considering that Barrios It is also the beacon of the selection of Saints Déniahence the concern is palpable within the Metropolitano club.
An uneasiness that will not disappear until your situation is clarified. In this sense, Atlético awaits with some impatience some disposition of the FIFA that does not force him to transfer Barrios to the sub 21 in the case of being enlisted for the European Championship. Slovakiain the same way that the highest football body has recently done about the possibility of opening an exceptional transfer period, between June 1 and 10, before the Club World Cup that will turn the focus on USA.
Obviously, Atlético’s wish is that Barrios can be under the orders of Simeone in the tournament that will bring together the 32 best teams on the planet, something that with the current regulations in hand would not depend on their will as it does with foreign clubs. This is the case, for example, of Alvaro Carreraswho has no longer entered the current U21 squad despite already being one of the pillars of the Benficagiven the decision of the Lisbon entity to exercise its power and count on its services in the Club World Cup.
A few months of uncertainty
This being the case, Atlético does not lose hope that FIFA will adopt some extraordinary measure taking this into account. incompatibility and that even would play against him, because an absence like that of Barrios competing in the last title of the season would tarnish a tournament that is intended to be polished with the implementation of the new format with 32 clubs in the running.
“I have to stop being the youth player I was and be one more in the team”
Otherwise, Atlético would have no choice but to exhaust the possibility of a understanding with the Federation so that Barrios was not cited, something equally complicated considering that the midfielder was one of the keys to Spain winning gold in the past Olympics 32 years later.
However, a new horizon could still open considering the exponential growth that Barrios experiences in each appearance with Atlético, because in the same way that he has already become indisputable for El Choloit would not be unreasonable for him to begin to close his cycle in the under 21… leading to a call for the absolute From the Sourcewho has his last commitments of the course at the beginning of June, just before the Club World Cup. Hence anything can happen…
