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Atletico Madrid to sell Gelson Martins and keep Thomas Lemar

Club Atletico de Madrid v SD Huesca - La Liga
Club Atletico de Madrid v SD Huesca - La Liga

Atletico Madrid have decided to sell Gelson Martins according to Cadena COPE. The Spanish side have lost patience with him and are looking to cash in on a player they signed for free in the summer.

Another winger they signed in the summer was Thomas Lemar but Diego Simeone is ready to keep him at the club. The manager insists that they must be patient with him and he will become a very important player for them.

“Thomas Lemar? He is a very important player for us, that’s for sure. He didn’t play his best game for us the other day against Sevilla and we decided to substitute him, but his performance was certainly improving in that one game too,” Simeone told reporters.

“He is a player who we have to be patient with because he has outstanding ability and it is an adaptation process for him, he is a very important player for us. We are confident that when it is necessary in the Copa del Rey or the Champions League, we will find the Lemar we need,” added the manager.

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Edited by Nishant Jayaram