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Miguel Ángel Gil Marín, CEO of Atlético de Madrid, told EFE on Tuesday that the Covid-19 crisis "is the biggest challenge the club has faced," he announced that at the sporting level the idea is to "do three or a maximum of four changes, "thus complying with LaLiga's economic control, since" only players whose investment does not exceed 25 percent of the amount we enter from player sales or savings from current player exits can arrive. "

Gil Marín highlighted Diego Simeone's commitment to Atlético de Madrid, revealed the adverse mood conditions that the team had to face against Leipzig in the Champions League and, as vice president of LaLiga, was resounding in the case Fuenlabrada. "No club in the League would understand and accept the relegation of Fuenlabrada."

A long and atypical season has ended, what is your assessment of this campaign? When we plan and budget it, as in every season, we set social, sporting and economic objectives, as well as investment in infrastructure. No one could then predict the current pandemic. We made the largest investment in players in the club's history, we reached 130,000 members, we qualified for the eighth consecutive season to play the next edition of the Champions League, we played the quarterfinals of the Champions League ... Ultimately, we managed to achieve our objectives and remain stable enough to continue growing, all this, despite the effects caused by the COVID-19 crisis, which has been the biggest challenge the club has faced. the Champions League to Atlético de Madrid even as favorites. Did the atmosphere created by the two positives in the previous days take its toll? It is obvious that after eliminating the champion of the Champions League and the Premier League -Liverpool-, the fans were excited about the title. Also we, president, players, coaches and employees. I do not intend to make excuses for a bad game on an important day, but the pandemic is not affecting everyone equally. In our case, the players had to spend nine weeks isolated without leaving their homes, after two weeks of preparation for an intense seven-week mini-league in which they played eleven games with the objectives of the season at stake. All this has led to players a roller coaster of emotions and physical saturation. After finishing LaLiga, we gave only six days to disconnect and rest, and in my opinion, the body needs more time to recover. Atlético that played against Leipzig was a team in which no player was at their level, I think as a consequence of not having had time to regain their physical and mental state. Is elimination against Leipzig a failure? We were all very excited to be able to reach another Champions League final in this tough and complex season, and that is why it is a great disappointment. We are ambitious and we want to win, but it cannot be considered a failure to be among the top eight teams in Europe again, there are only six teams in all of Europe that have qualified directly to play the group stage of the Champions League consecutively in the last 8 seasons in addition to Atlético de Madrid: Manchester City, Juventus, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, PSG and Bayern. This gives us an idea of ​​how difficult it is to maintain a regularity and of the enormous value of what we have achieved in recent years. When you see the criticism Simeone receives, what do you think? I come to understand the criticism in moments of disappointment , of disappointment, after losing a game like Leipzig. But my job and my obligation is to permanently put everything in the balance. And with Diego, each time I do it, what he has contributed and what he continues to contribute every day weighs much more than what a sector of our social mass and journalism can criticize. For me, Diego is synonymous with commitment and results and both are necessary to achieve sufficient stability that is allowing the club to grow and consolidate at a social, economic and sporting level, as well as in facilities, as one of the greats in Europe. world knows the new economic scenario, football is not fought. Will there be signings in the 20-21 campaign? Atlético de Madrid, like 34 other clubs of the 42 that make up LaLiga, as a result of the economic impact of the covid, will be above the staff cost limit authorized by LaLiga through your Economic Control. It is true that there will be no sporting and economic sanction for being exceeded due to being motivated by a force majeure cause, but LaLiga will not register new players. Only players whose investment does not exceed 25% of the amount that we enter from player sales will be able to arrive. or savings for exits of current players. The idea is to make 3 or 4 changes at the most, except if a player exercises his termination clause, which should be replaced. It is hard in commercial terms to offer a product and that people cannot enjoy it live ... It scares me to think about that the effect of the pandemic is prolonged in time, because football is a sport that requires the passion of the fan and passion cannot be transmitted through television, or from the players to the fans, or vice versa. We are working with LaLiga and the relevant authorities so that the public can return to the stadiums as soon as possible, even with certain limitations and with the necessary health protection measures. Their vision in athletic mode for next season. Seeing the dramatic situation we are experiencing as a result of the pandemic in every way, I only hope a return to normalcy as soon as possible. It is moving to remember the tribute we pay to all the Atlético who left us in this period in our first game at the Wanda Metropolitano. Unfortunately, 115 members have died, in addition to the beloved legends Capón, Peiró, Jones, Antic and our Academy player Christian Minchola, but I humbly believe that the club has been very close to their families so that they could feel the affection of all the Atlético . They have been a terrible few months and any wish is aimed at having health for everyone and we will recover the longed for normality as soon as possible.

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