Rubén Uría: 'Not signing a goalscorer showed a huge lack of ambition'

Rubén Uría points out that Julián scored just 8 LaLiga goals last season and that Atlético de Madrid turned down Osimhen at €60m without bringing in an alternative. He sees Jonathan David as a stopgap and believes the side lacked a striker who "strikes fear" into opponents.

In the second panel discussion of 'El Club de Uría', Rubén Uría turns the spotlight on how the transfer window was planned for the number 9 position. He explains that nobody expected Julián Álvarez to be struggling as badly as he is, but last season he managed only 8 goals in LaLiga, which is why the panellists had been calling for a striker who could deliver big numbers.

He recalls reporting that Osimhen was offered for €60m and Atlético said no. For Uría, if the club did not want to pay that fee or did not like the player, they should have signed someone else, but bringing in nobody strikes him as an enormous lack of ambition.

He acknowledges that Mateu Alemany pulled Jonathan David out of the hat at the last minute. He does a job, yes, but in all honesty he was not what was needed: the team required a major investment in a striker capable of 25 or 30 goals, something the Atleti faithful have always demanded, because every time they have had one they have ended up celebrating a trophy at Neptuno, the fountain where the club's titles are celebrated.