This is his upcoming schedule:
Sun 11 - Betis
Thu 15 - Croatia (Nations League)
Sun 18 - Bosnia (Friendly)
Sat 24 - Atletico
Hopefully he'll only play against Croatia, meaning he'd get a little more than a week's rest ahead of the Atleti game.
We should be careful with him against Betis as well after the game vs Inter, he didn't look 100 % fit in the second half.
It's clear we need to buy a backup for Alba in January. We should try to sign Mendy. If Lyon refuses to sell in January than we need to go for some short term solution but we absolutely need to do something or we might get in trouble. There is no way in hell we'll manage to go trough this entire season with only one LB. Not to mention Alba gets injured almost every season at some point.
Best option would be an already developed player who doesn't need to adapt.
My ideal signing would be 33 year old Filipe Luis who'll probably perform from day 1 and also not stand in the way of Miranda's development.
Contract ends in 2019, but we need him in january. Last chance for Atletico to cash in.