Simeone confirms Atletico's interest in former Real Madrid's Reguilon

will pay €5m for the loan move of

and they can make the move permanent for a reported €30m.

has been heavily linked with a move for

out-of-favor left-back,

. The 25-year-old Spaniard spent 15 years of his career at Real Madrid before making 22 first-team appearances for Atletico's arch-rivals.

However,

is unconcerned by Reguilon's

past as Atletico are closing on the left-back on an initial loan with an option to make the deal permanent at the end of the spell.

Simeone told his press conference ahead of their Monday La Liga clash at

: "

The club's working on signing a replacement for Lodi – let's see what happens in the next four days of fun.

"Juanfran had previously played for Real Madrid, as had Filipe Luis – both are now part of the history of this club.

"Even today, Alvaro [Morata] is doing well; Mario [Hermoso] gave a lot to the title-winning squad two seasons ago.

"[Marcos] Llorente was off the charts when we won the title. I look at all these as football players."

Ahead of the

, both Reguilon and Lodi need to get regular first-team game time to secure a place in their national team's squad for the upcoming event.

"Renan wants to play continuously. Because of his situation, that is not happening,"

Simeone said.

"He is looking for a club where he believes he can get that.

"There are people who like to compete and others who prefer to change teams to get the minutes that theoretically gets them in a better position for the World Cup."

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