MADRID — Atletico Madrid winger Vitolo is set to miss between two and four weeks after suffering a knee sprain during his team’s 1-1 La Liga draw at Valencia on Monday.
“Vitolo finished the game which we played at Mestalla against Valencia with pain in his left knee,” Atletico said in a statement on Tuesday.
“The report from club medics indicates he has suffered a grade two knee sprain.”
Although the club did not state the estimated length of Vitolo’s absence, this type of injury can take up to…
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Sevilla will take legal action against former player Vitolo, Atletico Madrid and Las Palmas following the winger’s questionable transfer to Diego Simeone’s side last week.
Atleti confirmed the capture of Vitolo from Sevilla in a deal that saw the Spain international trigger his own €37.5 million release clause, with the intention of loaning him to Las Palmas for the first half of the 2017-18 season while the Madrid club served a transfer ban.
The move came two days after Sevilla president…
Vitolo was reported to be a target of Atletico Madrid.
Sevilla have agreed a deal to keep winger Vitolo, but will not sign Aston Villa’s Jordan Amavi, president Jose Castro confirmed on Monday.
Reports had tipped Spain international Vitolo to join Atletico Madrid, despite a transfer ban until January.
But Castro, speaking at the unveiling of new recruits Ever Banega and Guido Pizarro, confirmed the 27-year-old former Las Palmas man would remain at the club.
“Today you can say that Vitolo is a Sevilla player,” Castro told reporters.
“There was a…