Atletico Madrid have announced the signed winger Gelson Martins on a six-year deal after he walked away from his contract at Sporting.
Los Rojiblancos were in discussions with Sporting CP in an attempt to reach an amicable agreement over Martins' move, despite the fact he had rescinded his contract following a training ground attack by club ultras.
And yet, on Wednesday, Atleti confirmed that they had secured the winger's servies on a free transfer.
That makes the deal somewhat comparable to Wolves' signing of Rui Patricio, who has been subject to a complaint to FIFA as Sporting seek 57 million euros following his own free transfer.
Martins, who scored 27 and assisted a further 30 goals in 140 appearances for the Lisbon side, will compete with Thomas Lemar and Vitolo for a place on Diego Simeone's flanks.
Abdelfattah47
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An incredibly brilliant signing. His record of 27 goals & 30 assists in 140 appearances is impressive. Hope he provides the same spark at Atletico, aside that, I think with the recent additions, Atletico might go for the Super Cup as well as the La Liga albeit it's not that easy!
je5erson
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He'll spend majority of his time on the bench.I don't see him starting ahead of Lemar or Greizmann. He could have joined Arsenal to start regularly. Poor decision. Hope it works out for him over there
tcsss
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Atletico Madrid now have a great chance at glory, without Ronaldo at rm and now they have a really decent team. Gogogo
sunnysayus
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This is a profitable deal for Atletico Madrid .Gelson martins is a good winger whose speed and goal sense is admirable. Atletico is having both first and second strong teams for next season and they will not suffer much setback due to fatigue during campaign.