Atletico expect Simeone to stay put

Atletico Madrid are confident that coach Diego
Simeone will remain at the club next season
despite speculation about his future.
The Argentine said after his side's Champions
League final defeat by Real Madrid last month
that he needed time to consider his options and
Spanish media reports have linked the 46-year-
old with the vacant coaching position at Paris St
Germain.
"Atletico fans can sleep in peace because el
Cholo (Simeone) has four years left on his
contract," Atletico president Enrique Cerezo told
Marca on Tuesday.
"Our sporting directors are looking for a striker
but besides that, the group is going to be more
or less the same as last season as it's a great
team that finished third in La Liga and reached
the Champions League final."
Simeone, a former Atletico player and Argentina
international, has won the Europa League, King's
Cup and La Liga in his four-and-a-half seasons
as coach of the Spanish club.
"We all want him to stay," Atletico midfield Saul
Niguez said.
"When he spoke after the Champions League
final we were all hurt and he said he needed
to think. But I believe he will continue with us."
Atletico forward Antoine Griezmann, who is with
the France squad preparing for Euro 2016, also
called for Simeone to stay.
"He has a lot of enthusiasm and determination,"
he said.
"If I stay at Atletico, it is because I want to work
with him and with his team." I still have a lot to
learn from him and I love to work with him."
Griezmann, who scored 32 goals in 54 matches
last season for Atletico, is convinced Simeone
will stay put. He's not going to leave," he said.
"I spoke with him and I'm quite certain that he's
going to stay. I would be very annoyed if he left."

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