the 2010–11 season began with another trophy for forlán and atlético, winning the uefa super cup, beating inter milan 2–0 in monaco on 27 august 2010. again forlán started the season slowly, and despite finding the net three times in the opening two league games, he then went 12 matches in all competitions without a goal before finally scoring a double in a 3–0 win against osasuna on 13 november. he was linked with moves to beşiktaş, real madrid and american club seattle sounders in the january transfer window.