While Atlético Madrid dreams of adding three stars to their squad, Diego Simeone is already planning ahead and looking to bolster his defense with a new right-back. The player chosen for this important mission is Jesús Areso,

Atletico Madrid will qualify for the Champions League round of 16 with a victory away to already-eliminated RB Salzburg on Wednesday.

Diego Simeone said Julián Álvarez is destined to end up "in a special place" with Atlético Madrid after scoring twice -- including a 90th minute winner -- in their 2-1 comeback win over Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday.

Says the usual teams will be challenging to be eventual winners despite the new format of the competition proving difficult for some big teams