Santiago Arias Completes Transfer to Atletico Madrid from PSV Eindhoven

Colombia international right-back Santiago Arias is an Atletico Madrid player, after the La Liga club  announced his signing on a five-year deal, per a statement on the club's official website. 

Arias has moved to the Spanish capital from Eredivisie champions PSV Eindhoven, with the Dutch club offering thanks for his years of service:

Arias will add to manager Diego Simeone's options at full-back after Inter Milan confirmed Croatia international Sime Vrsaljko will join on loan, with the option to buy, per Goal.

However, not everybody agreed with the decision to let Vrsaljko move on:

The exchange of right-backs could favour Atletico after Arias scored four goals and provided six assists in all competitions during his final year with the Rood-witten. By contrast, Vrsaljko didn't get on the scoresheet, but he did provide four assists to help Madrid win the UEFA Europa League.

Sealing a move to La Liga caps a difficult summer for Arias:

Despite any reservations about the 26-year-old, Atleti may have beaten some strong competition for the South American. Calciomercato's Kaustubh Pandey recently reported Serie A outfit Napoli had agreed a fee with PSV.

If Simeone's expertise defensively can iron out the deficiencies present in Arias' game, this will prove another shrewd signing for a manager who is carefully retooling his squad to get closer to champions Barcelona.