FILE PHOTO: Champions League - Round of 16 Second Leg - Liverpool v Atletico Madrid - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - March 11, 2020 Atletico Madrid's Marcos Llorente celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Phil Noble
MADRID (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has said Marcos Llorente's transformation from a holding midfielder to a forward reminds him of how he helped mould Antoine Griezmann from a winger into the club's talismanic striker six years ago.
Atletico signed Llorente from Real Madrid last year to strengthen their midfield, after selling Rodri to Manchester City, but is in the process of reinventing himself as a forward.
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