{"id":2398,"date":"2026-08-06T13:12:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T05:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2398"},"modified":"2026-08-06T13:12:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T05:12:39","slug":"ruggeri-absent-from-atleti-squad-for-seoul-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/ruggeri-absent-from-atleti-squad-for-seoul-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruggeri absent from Atleti squad for Seoul trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-7.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-7-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-7-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matteo Ruggeri remains in Madrid amid Aston Villa interest as Diego Simeone\u2019s side depart for their friendly against Manchester City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diego Pablo Simeone has confirmed his Atletico de Madrid squad for their upcoming high-profile friendly against Manchester City in Seoul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Italian full-back Matteo Ruggeri is the most notable absentee as he weighs up a move to Aston Villa, with the defender currently finalising the details of his departure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also missing out is Giuliano Simeone, who only returned to training last Tuesday following an extended break after his World Cup exploits with Argentina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">World champions Alejandro Grimaldo and Marc Pubill also stay behind. Despite cutting their holidays short to report early for pre-season, the pair will continue their training programmes at the Majadahonda Sports City rather than travelling with the main group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas Lemar does make the flight, however, despite being forced to sit out this morning&#8217;s training session with a minor physical complaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Kang-In Lee is already in his native South Korea and will link up with the Atletico de Madrid contingent directly in Seoul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matteo Ruggeri remains in Madrid amid Aston Villa inter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398\/revisions\/2400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}