Atletico Madrid He wants to leave
Jjust over 24 hours in advance Atletico Madrid play their last game of the year against Getafe, Diego Costa‘s situation remains unresolved. On Tuesday, for the second consecutive day, the Brazilian striker did not show up as he continues to terminate an agreement with the club to terminate his contract.
Within the club there is a lot of unhappiness with the timing of Costa‘s announcement. However, they would consider letting him leave for free if he did not join a direct competitor.
There is an acceptance at the club that they will be willing to join a club in Brazil, or even a European team. Benfica or Arsenal, with whom he has been associated in the past.
But Atletico want to avoid having their own Luis Suarez and Barcelonatype of situation, therefore, as El Mundo reported, they want to reach an agreement with the player that will prevent him from joining a rival of the Champions League or LaLiga Santander. If that happened then they would have to pay 25 million euros.
First, CostaThe decision to leave was driven by family reasons. The forward had problems in Brazil and he wanted to decide freely on his future.
Atletico is happy that he is leaving, as long as it does not join a participant, and therefore they want to set some restrictions.
While requesting a resolution, the club did not rule it out Costa can reconsider his decision and stay at the club until June, when his contract ends.