Atletico Madrid sporting director Jose Luis Caminero feels Diego Simeone has been the key to their recent successes
Diego Simeone has been the
driving force behind Atletico Madrid's resurgence in recent years,
sporting director Jose Luis Caminero believes.
An
Atletico legend after captaining the club to a famous La Liga and Copa
del Rey double in 1995-96, Simeone's hero status at the Vicente Calderon
has grown further thanks to his achievements since taking over as coach
in December 2011.
The Argentinian has guided
Atletico to Europa League and Copa glory, as well as the league title
and Champions League final in 2013-14.
Simeone
signed a new long-term contract with Atletico last year, but is
consistently linked with managerial vacancies at major European clubs.
However,
Caminero told Omnisport: "Simeone has a contract with Atletico until
2020 and everybody at the club and the fans hope he will be with us for a
long time.
"He is the person who brings everyone together at Atletico, players, staff, fans and directors.
"He
arrived at the club at the best possible moment. He is making history
and it is clear that we want him to stay for many years.
"We want him to keep the club going in the right direction and to do better year after year."
Antoine
Griezman and Fernando Torres have been in superb form in recent weeks
as Atletico chase a remarkable Liga and Champions League double.
Caminero
added: "Griezmann is still a young guy who is constantly improving.
There is no doubt about his quality. He keeps on getting better each
season, scoring more goals every year.
"He suits
Atletico's style, he works very hard and is passionate about what he
does. That shows he is happy here and he improves on his own stats each
season," Caminero added.
"Fernando is on a great
run. He has been scoring goals and that is the most important thing for
us. Strikers live to score goals and go on goalscoring runs. That helps
them to improve.
"Torres is on a goalscoring run
now and that boosts his confidence. Strikers who were once able to score
a lot of goals will always end up scoring again. His goals are
important for us. We need Fernando's goals and we need Griezmann's
goals."
***Caminero was speaking to promote the International Champions Cup Australia, presented by Audi***
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