Álex Baena, Grimaldo and Marc Pubill (Spain), Esquivel and Mendoza (Spain under-21), Julián Alvarez, Romero, Giuliano and Musso (Argentina), Oblak (Slovenia), Lookman (Nigeria), Jonathan David (Canada), Hancko (Slovakia), Obed Vargas (Mexico), Hjulmand (Denmark) and Kang In (South Korea) have been called up by their international teams.
Our striker achieved a historic milestone in Sunday’s derby against Real Madrid, becoming the seventh player in our 123-year history to score in each of his first three league matches.
Our captain reached another milestone yesterday by becoming the Atlético de Madrid player to have faced Real Madrid the most times in LaLiga (28). He has also become the Rojiblanco player to have won the most derbies (14) across all competitions.
Our captain moves into eighth place in the ranking of players to have made the most appearances for a single club in the history of European football, matching the English football legend.