Is Marcos Llorente Real Madrid's biggest mistake?

Selling Marcos Llorente made financial sense for Real Madrid. Bringing in 30 million euros to let him go to Atletico Madrid was a good deal in the summer of 2019, particularly with him being a players that Zinedine Zidane had no plans to use, but was the decision good on a sporting level?

Seeing his current level of performance at Atletico, it looks as though the answer to that is a simple 'no'.

The 25-year-old hasn't stopped growing under Diego Simeone, and he has put in some impressive performances for Los Colchoneros.

Now, Llorente has four goals this season and is more of a forward than a midfielder. Only Karim Benzema has more goals than he does this season among Real Madrid's squad and, according to Transfermarkt, his value is already at 45 million euros.

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