Simeone insists on using Llorente on the right wing Atletico Madrid Midfielder facing a position change

Atletico Madrid continue to prepare for the LaLiga Santander clash with Valencia, and will do so with Marcos Llorente still positioned on the right wing at the insistence of Diego Simeone.

Llorente was utilised in the same role during the 1-0 victory over Granada on Saturday, although few anticipated this to be anything other than an emergency measure.

Yet, in training sessions this week in the build-up to the meeting with Los Che, Llorente has been placed on the right-hand side of midfield, alongside Koke, Saul Niguez and Thomas Partey.

Simeone hopes that this midfield setup will be able to anchor the team behind a makeshift forward pairing of Vitolo and Angel Correa.

Alvaro Morata was hoping for good news ahead of the weekend clash, however the Spanish international continues to recover from injury, not yet being considered in good enough condition to work with his teammates.

Santiago Arias and Felipe will start against Valencia, taking the places of Sime Vrsaljko and Mario Hermoso respectively, whilst training on Wednesday also showed Stefan Savic and Renan Lodi working as part of the four-man setup.

Jose Gimenez is expected to be fit enough to at least make the matchday squad, and Thomas Lemar is also available despite not taking part in training on Tuesday.