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Arnau Ortiz: two months without a single minute for Atlético
Rubén Uría floats a theory: Simeone may be polishing him as he did with Pubill
Rubén Uría raises the case of Arnau Ortiz's lack of minutes during the discussion
Rubén Uría cannot understand why Arnau Ortiz, who impressed in four of his five appearances, has gone two months without minutes. The only explanation he can think of is a tailored development programme like the one Marc Pubill went through
With Ademola Lookman injured, Rubén Uría turns the spotlight on Arnau Ortiz. He runs through the youngster's season so far: a very good pre-season, a promising debut against Málaga, left out against Villarreal but then involved against Real Sociedad, Osasuna and in Bilbao, doing positive things each time. Since then, two months without a single minute.
He admits he lacks some information and does not want to criticise Simeone, but he finds it striking. He shares Alejandro Gutiérrez's theory: that Simeone is doing with Arnau what he did with Pubill, a very specific programme of work so that he later emerges as a better player. It is, he says, the only explanation he can come up with.
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