Matteo Moretto gives Football España exclusive information on the latest deals dominating the papers in Spain, as revealed in the Daily Briefing.
At the moment, there’s no inside scoop on the future of Yan Couto. There’s no doubt that he is a very good player, and many clubs are following him, but they are doing so with a view to a move in the summer, not January – Couto’s loan with Girona expires at the end of the season.
Atletico Madrid are looking for a midfielder but Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg is no longer an option because Tottenham will not facilitate his departure, and will make it difficult for a deal to happen. It’s a very high price for him. Mats Wieffer is very popular, but at the moment there are only contacts with the player’s representatives and not with Feyenoord. Bergvall would like to but he is very close to Barcelona. I think Atletico Madrid are working on other options. Neither Hojbjerg nor Wieffer will go out on loan, it’s impossible for Atleti to get that done.
Takefusa Kubo is not going to move to Saudi Arabia in January, he has said no… I think that during the summer other offers will arrive for him, including offers from Europe and we will see what happens then. He’s a very good player. It should be taken into account that Kubo is very comfortable in Donostia-San Sebastian. On the other hand, Al-Shabab are currently in talks over a deal for Sevilla’s Suso.