Despite the departure of key players Thibaut Courtois, Diego Costa, David Villa and Filipe Luis in the summer, Simeone’s side started the current campaign by beating Real to claim the Spanish Supercopa – his fifth trophy in three years since returning to the club he graced in two spells as a player
This season has not been all plain sailing, though. Out of the race for La Liga, eliminated from the Copa del Rey and having only scraped through to the last eight of the Champions League thanks to a penalty shootout success against Bayer Leverkusen last week, many were wondering if Simeone had taken this team as far as he could.
His answer, it seems, is an emphatic "no".
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