ATLETICO MADRID, Raspadori striker, for 22.5 million pounds

Atletico Madrid has completed the signature of the Napoli striker Giacomo Raspadori for 22.5 million pounds.

Italy International Raspadori, 25, has signed a five -year contract with the Spanish club.

Raspadori becomes the tenth ATLETICO signature on the very crowded transfer window as the Diego Simoni team looks forward to holders of the title La Liga.

After initially joining Napoli on loan from Sassuolo in 2022, Rasdori signed a permanent deal after a year.

He contributed 18 goals and 10 assists in three seasons, helping Napoli winning Scudetto in 2022/23 and 2024/25.

It may be difficult to get a similar success with ATLETICO through the intensive competition provided by Barca and Arch Rivals Real Madrid.

But ATLETICO hopes that adding Raspadori to a talented attack will give them an increase in the front areas.

Raspadori joins Alexander Surloth, Antoine Griezmann and Julian Alvarez. Among the options of a team scored 68 goals from Laliga last season-the fourth in the section, but 34 less than 102 Barca registered.

After they brought their campaign before the season with a 2-0 Win over Newcastle UnitedAtletico starts the Laliga season in Espanyol on Sunday (20:30 GMT / 15:30 et / 12:30 pt).