Atlético Madrid seal €40m midfield signing | OneFootball

La Liga giants Atlético Madrid have this week closed an agreement with their counterparts at Sporting CP, over the signing of Morten Hjulmand.

This comes after weeks of negotiations between the two clubs.

Atlético are long known to have been on the lookout for reinforcements in the middle of the park, with a view to the 2026/27 campaign.

Hjlumand, battle-tested, a leader on the pitch and fresh off a stellar campaign in Lisbon, was in turn earmarked as the no.1 candidate to add to Diego Simeone’s engine room ranks.

The Metropolitano brass initially appeared hesitant to meet Sporting’s understandably considerable demands to sanction the Dane’s transfer.

But as alluded to above, this week, Atléti have given the go-ahead to a €40 million+ deal.

As per a report from market expert Fabrizio Romano:

‘Morten Hjulmand to Atlético Madrid, here we go! Sporting and Atléti agreed all terms and start paperwork exchange today for €40m fee plus add-ons. Danish midfielder joins until June 2031 and he will fly to Madrid today.’

Conor Laird – GSFN