The 2020 vision is no more. Diego Simeone signed a new contract just 18 months ago to remain at Atletico for five more years, but has recently reduced that agreement by two seasons and his revised deal will now end in 2018. So what next for one of the game's most coveted coaches?
Simeone joined Atleti at the end of 2011 and has made a massive mark in charge of the team he represented in two spells as a player, winning La Liga, the Copa del Rey, the Europa League, the UEFA Super Cup and the Spanish Supercopa, as well as reaching two Champions League finals.
But after losing the European showpiece on May 28 for a second time in three years to fierce rivals Real Madrid, the Argentine admitted that he would need to take time to consider his future.
That was only two months after he had signed his new contract and he later recognised that emotions had been running high in the wake of another painful loss. It was also a message to the board: 'bring me the players so I can challenge for the biggest prizes'.
Another season has since started and Simeone is there once more, as competitive as ever - yet he has cut his contract by two years from 2020 to 2018. That is, this last season at the Vicente Calderon and one more - which will be the first for Atleti at their new home, La Peineta.
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