The Atlético Madrid Chronicle
Squad3 Aug 2026
Koke has been here 17 seasons
487 appearances across 17 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.
Market3 Aug 2026
Julián Álvarez wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Atlético Madrid hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Market3 Aug 2026
Albacete come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Atlético Madrid did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Alejandro Grimaldo signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alejandro Grimaldo commits to Atlético Madrid for another 3 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Julián Álvarez in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Atlético Madrid this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market3 Aug 2026
Carlos Martín attracts admirers
The name of Carlos Martín has come up in conversations Atlético Madrid were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
In brief
- Market Nobody at Atlético Madrid has picked up the phone to Alejandro Grimaldo
- Squad Julián Álvarez knocks on the manager's door