Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone admits he wants to see more "consistency" from Joao Felix this new season.

The Portugal attacker had an indifferent past season with the LaLiga champions.

Simeone told AS: "We are all waiting for the consistency of João Félix. It is very unfair to wait for João Félix. He demonstrated in plots, in stages of his first two years, important things. I have no doubt that from August to December he had a very very good season, he had good levels of goals, assists, team play, he is intelligent, he knows what the team needs and what he has to do.

"The injury appeared, for a player like him it is difficult to be at that level. He lives with dribbling, with contact with the rival, the ankle allows him to play and it is not easy to maintain the situation as he sustained it.

"Hopefully he can maintain the consistency that he requires."