Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone is delighted with their swoop for Real Sociedad winger Antoine Griezmann.
The France international is set for an Atletico medical today.
Simeone said: "He can give us solutions and he has characteristics which, until now, the team didn't have. A few of our pacier, quick-thinking players like Diego Costa, Adrián and Villa have left and we need to replace them with players in a similar mould."
The coach added: "The technical department have been working through all of this during the past 40 days. Filipe left and Siqueira came in. Courtois has gone while Moyà and Oblak are now on board; up front we've lost Costa and Mandzukic has arrived.
"Griezmann will give us the velocity we've lacked and needed. You don't confect a team from just 11 players, but 18 or 20."
