The situation
It is no secret that Nehuen’s time at Atlético de Madrid has not been easy for him. In mid-2018, the then 18-year-old center- back came to Cholo’s discipline from Argentinos Juniors in exchange for 2.7 million euros to, after his presentation, return to leave again for the club in which grew up, Since then, Nehuén has gone out on loan four times, the last one at Udinese, where he played 22 games , almost all of them as a starter. Thus, after returning to the rojiblanco team as the sixth central defender , behind Savić, Giménez, Hermoso, Felipe and even Reinildo, who had already demarcated himself in that position once, everything pointed to the Argentine staying on loan to the team from northern Italy, but in recent days, Atleti decided to cancel the operation. With a contract until 2026, for the moment, the only sure thing for him is that he will play the preseason under Simeone , but his nationality could be a problem, given that he occupies a non-EU position . Lodi has just obtained an Italian passport and Felipe will do so shortly , which leaves Cunha as the only non-EU citizen, but after the officialization of Lino and the strong interest in Nahuel Molina, Nehuén’s options are considerably diluted, as are those of Santiago Arias, who is looking for a way out.
Nehuen awaits his opportunity
The plans of the mattress group are still unknown, but it is strange that they have decided to close the negotiation for now . In the first place because Udinese, who usually play with a defense of three, only have Benkovic, Nuytinck and Becão to cover that demarcation, and secondly because Universal Sports, the group in charge of representing Nehuén, also has Samardzic, Lovric, Nestorovski and Jajalo, all of them Udinese footballers. With a priori role so little influential within the team, it is most likely that Nehuen will leave sooner rather than later , although if Mario Hermoso is finally sold, it would be possible that the Hurlingham man could run as an alternative from the bench . Also in the event of an exit or some problem with Gimenez, given his injury history. After four years in the red and white entity, Nehuén could be facing his long-awaited opportunity to debut with Atlético de Madrid in an official match. If not, the club can definitely cash in on the Argentine or wait for him to grow on loan to another team.