Jonathan David joins Atletico Madrid from Juventus on season-long loan deal

[p]It had been rumoured since Monday, and now the agreement between [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/atl-madrid/jaarqpLQ/"]Atletico Madrid[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/juventus/C06aJvIB/"]Juventus[/a] is official. The Italian club is letting go of a striker who did not perform as expected in his first season in Serie A and who has a high salary.[/p][p]This move could become permanent if the rojiblancos decide to exercise the €25 million purchase option that, according to various media outlets, they will have at their disposal.[/p][embed guid="6f1573ff-6da9-4dce-bab7-a83d05599418" url="https://x.com/Atleti/status/2094855632050434448" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/atl-madrid/jaarqpLQ/"]Atletico[/a] thus strengthens a very interesting attack, as they now have different profiles that offer multiple options to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/simeone-diego/AZ18LjKN/"]Diego Pablo Simeone[/a], whose initial task will be to get the Argentine striker back on track and integrate the Canadian.[/p][p]On the other hand, they also have [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lookman-ademola/8QK1SO5g/"]Ademola Lookman[/a], who can play both on the wing and up front, and the injured [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sorloth-alexander/QwqgNkTP/"]Alexander Sorloth[/a], whose future at the club has been uncertain during the transfer window.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/david-jonathan/CSvtXj2E/"]Jonathan David[/a] shone both in Belgian and French football before making the move to Serie A, where he has not been able to maintain that great scoring relationship with the opposition goal. His numbers with the [i]Vecchia Signora[/i] have been somewhat mediocre compared to the stats that propelled him at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lille/pfDZL71o/"]Lille[/a]: eight goals scored - two of them in the Champions League - and five assists. With the French side, in fact, he had just scored nine goals in the previous edition of the top continental tournament.[/p][p]It's interesting to see how the number of Canadian players in LaLiga is growing, although still far below Argentina, Morocco, Brazil, and some other nationalities. The four Canadians in question are, in addition to Atlético's new signing, three who are part of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/villarreal/lUatW5jE/"]Villarreal[/a]'s squad: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/buchanan-tajon/G62SXlFI/"]Tajon Buchanan[/a], Tani Oluwaseyi, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/saliba-nathan/ALAGXH2B/"]Nathan Saliba[/a]. The latter, by the way, also arrived in LaLiga EA Sports during this summer transfer window.[/p]