Diego Simeone believes Atletico Madrid have a massively gifted squad however he as coach is letting them down.
Atletico had been LaLiga champions as not too long ago because the 2020-21 season, but they’re means off the tempo within the title race this time period.
Barcelona cleared the path with 37 factors, with Simeone’s aspect means again on 24 factors in fifth place.
However the coach thinks his squad are nonetheless able to difficult, suggesting he’s at fault for his or her troublesome marketing campaign.
“We’ve a fantastic squad – 4 gamers within the World Cup last,” Simeone stated on Wednesday forward of dealing with Elche.
“Possibly the one who will not be giving every part is the coach. We’ve a fantastic squad. I’m the one I’ve to enhance to allow them to elevate their degree in LaLiga.
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“They’re kind of the identical names that gained LaLiga, besides [Kieran] Trippier and [Luis] Suarez.
“The bottom of the LaLiga starters are right here; there’s [Angel] Correa, [Yannick] Carrasco, Joao [Felix], [Jose] Gimenez… we added [Antoine] Griezmann.
“The coach is the one who’s failing greater than the rest.”
Because of this, Simeone will not be involved by the January switch window, focusing as an alternative on getting his key males match and firing.
“When we’ve got been on all 4 legs, we develop into robust. We want all 4 legs and that power,” he stated. “We’ve confirmed it for a few years and we are going to proceed to.”