Atletico want to increase Oblak release clause amid Liverpool & Arsenal links

Joe Wright

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Atletico Madrid want to increase the release clause of goalkeeper Jan Oblak, chief executive Miguel Angel Gil Marin has confirmed.

The Slovenia international has a deal with Atleti until 2021 that includes a buyout option reportedly worth €100 million (£87m/$118m).

Liverpool and Arsenal have been linked with the 25-year-old but Atleti are taking steps to try to keep him at the club.

"We're going to try to increase Oblak's clause, but what we have to do is trust him," Gil Marin told Cadena COPE.

"We know he wants to stay and we want him to stay."

Oblak has become one of the world's leading keepers since joining Atleti from Benfica in 2014.

He kept a clean sheet as Diego Simeone's side won the Europa League final 3-0 against Marseille on Wednesday.

After that contest, Oblak told reporters that he is continuing to turn a deaf ear to the rumours suggesting that he will soon be on the move.

He said: “People think and say things. I have a contract here and I do not know what's going to happen in the future, it's not up to me.

"I'm here for the moment and I'm not thinking about anything other than Sunday, we need a point to be second.”

Joe Wright

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Joe is a Senior Editor at Sporting News. He was previously a sub editor and writer for Goal.com before spending six years as part of the Stats Perform editorial news service, covering major global sports including football, tennis, boxing, NBA, rugby union and athletics. Joe has reported live on some of the biggest games in football, including two UEFA Champions League finals, Euro 2016, the Confederations Cup 2017 and the 2018 World Cup final at the end of a month in Russia.