The 32-year-old center-back ends his contract with Atletico in June and reports that he will stay until at least 2023, although two seasons had been discussed.
The situation itself
Felipe is close to being Atletico’s first signing for next year. The center-back, who will turn 33 in May, ends his contract in June, but progress is being made in renewing it. The Brazilian will sign for one more season, after three courses with many ups and downs and specific failures that have reduced Someone’s confidence, although he continues to have it in his plans. The defender was offered a renewal in the fall until 2024 . In parallel, the footballer has been tested by several teams in his country, such as Atletico Mineiro, Flamengo and Corinthians , the team from which he jumped to Europe. The course of the matches gave and took away reasons for his continuity , although the club values his role as a man on the squad. So far this season, he has played 2,107 minutes (the 13th of the squad) spread over 31 games (22 in the League, 7 in the Champions League and 2 in the Cup). In them he scored two goals (Osasuna and Sevilla) and saw three red cards (Liverpool, Getafe and Manchester City) , three errors that have left him quite touched in the eyes of the public. However, for Cholo he is the first option after Savic and Gimenez.
Interesting details
In fact, the Uruguayan’s recent injury opened the door for him to eleven and his performance was good, except for his ability to load cards and the episode with Foden in the final stretch against City. Against Granada he will have to rest due to suspension , in this case for five yellow cards. Without him and without Gimenez, the coach has a problem to complete the defense. In Felipe’s favor, looking to the future, he says that he is a footballer who rarely gets injured . In the three years he has been at Atleti, he only missed two games due to a physical problem . That does not mean that the sports management also probes the market. But if nothing comes of it, Felipe will stay with the team for another year.