{"id":1688,"date":"2025-07-30T20:33:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2025-07-31T11:15:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:15:30","slug":"atletico-madrid-and-villarreal-agree-deal-for-23-year-old-defender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/30\/atletico-madrid-and-villarreal-agree-deal-for-23-year-old-defender\/","title":{"rendered":"Atletico Madrid and Villarreal agree deal for 23-year-old defender"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Atletico Madrid and Villarreal have already been involved in one deal this summer, and a second is about to be completed. Alex Baena swapped La Ceramica for the RiyadhAir Metropolitano earlier this month, and soon, Santiago Mourino will make the move in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n

Villarreal have already signed one central defender this summer in ex-Real Madrid star Rafa Marin, but after Logan Costa suffered an ACL injury<\/a> during a recent pre-season friendly, another option is needed for Marcelino Garcia Toral\u2019s squad. And that option will almost certainly be Mourino.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old, who left Atleti last summer to join Alaves on a permanent deal, will be re-signed by Los Colchoneros, who will trigger the \u20ac4m buy-back clause that they have. And as per Diario AS<\/a>, they will then immediately sell him to Villarreal for \u20ac10m, while also retaining a sell-on clause.<\/p>\n

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Mourino is the chosen one for Villarreal<\/h2>\n

In recent weeks, Villarreal have eyed moves for a number of centre-backs, including Chelsea\u2019s Axel Disasi<\/a>. But in the end, it is Mourino that will make the move to La Ceramica, with a deal likely to be wrapped up in the coming days. He will sign a five-year contract.<\/p>\n

The sale of Mourino will represent a overall profit of roughly \u20ac5m for Atleti, who signed him for \u20ac2.7m in 2023 before a \u20ac2m sale to Alaves 12 months ago. \u20ac6m profit will be made this summer by activating the buy-back clause and selling him on to Villarreal, with that deal also taking the club\u2019s overall income from sales close to \u20ac50m for the ongoing transfer window.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s clear that this is an operation that suits both Atleti and Villarreal, although Alaves will be disappointed to have lost a key player for so cheap \u2013 although there was nothing they could do to stop the deal from being done.<\/p>\n

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