Soccer-Godin leads list of Atletico defenders with unclear futures


FILE PHOTO: Atletico Madrid's Diego Godin at Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain - November 10, 2018. REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo

MADRID (Reuters) - As Atletico Madrid prepare to resume their La Liga title chase with a mouthwatering trip to Sevilla next Sunday, uncertainty surrounds the future of their defence, which has been the bedrock of their sustained success under Diego Simeone.

Captain Diego Godin leads a list of four players who have all been the fulcrum of that reliable rearguard in recent years but have an unclear status at the club whose fortunes they have transformed.

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