Torres is closer to staying, but Gaitan is bound for China LaLiga - Atletico Madrid Atletico to benefit from Asian interest

Diego Simeone strengthened his team in January with the signings of Diego Costa and Vitolo, yet that has left the Atletico Madrid squad bloated, with Nico Gaitan set to leave the club for China.

However, Fernando Torres is likely to stay.

The Spanish forward was left out of the team for Sunday's trip to Sevilla as speculation swirled that Dalian Yifang would make an offer for the veteran.

Yannick Carrasco has also been linked to the Chinese club, with the Belgian given the weekend off to sort out his future.

Torres is seemingly unwilling to move to China and is set to remain in the Spanish capital until the end of the season, with a domestic move at that point then more likely.

Nico Gaitan's time with Los Colchoneros has been nothing short of a disaster; he arrived as a blistering winger from Benfica, but has never been able to replicate his form.

There is Chinese Super League interest in the Argentine and offers are expected before the transfer window closes.

Until Saturday it was understood that he would remain in Madrid, but that now appears impossible.

Dalian Yifang have made a financial offer that has tempted the winger, so a contract will be drawn up on Monday with a preliminary agreement already in place.

A fiscal agreement has already been reached with Los Rojiblancos, who stand to benefit from the deal significantly as they look to balance the books following the expenditure on Costa and the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano.

Gaitan is only a step away from making his departure from LaLiga official and he may well be joined by Carrasco in what is set to be a busy week in the administrative offices of Atletico Madrid.