Atletico alert to Costa's problems at Chelsea

By Daily Sports on January 19, 2017

Diego Costa is a target for Atletico Madrid, but Barcelona will not look to make a move for the Chelsea star, Goal understands.

Tianjin Quanjian made a swoop for the Spain international forward last week, unsettling the 28-year-old to such an extent that he did not feature in the Blues' meeting with Leicester and trained alone until Tuesday after falling out with a fitness coach. The CSL side had offered Costa £30 million per year - a sum four times his current salary.

Atleti, who tried to re-sign the striker in the summer, have taken note, and will move if manager Antonio Conte is unable to resolve the situation. Costa had pushed for the move but the Stamford Bridge side held their ground and threatened to report the Spaniards to FIFA if they continued their pursuit.

However, Chelsea could use Costa against Hull City on Sunday and want him to continue to help them fight for the Premier League title until the summer - when they will reassess the situation.

Chelsea bought Costa from Los Rojiblancos in 2014 for £32 million and, although Atleti have the financial clout to re-sign their former player, they would struggle to compete economically with a Chinese Super League club or some of Europe's very elite teams.

Perhaps a greater impediment to any deal is a transfer ban hanging over the Spanish side that they are currently appealing against.

Barcelona have also been linked with a move for the forward, but they are not looking for a striker immediately as they focus their financial might on renewing Lionel Messi's contract after already securing deals to keep Neymar and Luiz Suarez at the club.

Paco Alcacer has struggled to breakthrough at Camp Nou, but both the club and the player are willing to be patient over his future after a €30m move from Valencia in the summer.

Meanwhile, the prospects of the Brazil-born attacker going to China are dwindling. Tianjin Quanjian's president, Shu Yuhui, has admitted that they are unlikely to return to sign Costa in the summer because his side will be halfway through their season, plus a rule change has made it more complicated to sign big-money players.

Chelsea, though, are willing to see how the situation develops before the end of the season.

(goal.com)

•Photo shows Diego Costa

Source Daily Sports

Posted January 19, 2017


 

You may also like...
Joseph Parker defeats Razvan Cojanu

Buffon Given One-match Blasphemy Ban

Man Jailed for Pitch Attack on Aston Villa's...

Best Fifa Football Awards 2020: Lewandoski, De Bruyne...

Dikko: Why we bail out Women League

Sunshine, Pleateau records win as Ikorodu, Shooting game...

 

Latest News CAF awards: Ajibade, Nnadozie, Edo Queens bag nominations Lagos SWAN, PAACC Hold SWAN Day At Golfview Hotels, Ikeja Crisis looms as Eagles’ form raises AFCON, W’Cup concerns Ex-Nigerian Super Falcons player handcuffed, children assaulted as police storm Anambra Football Academy Sports NFF, teammates console Nwabali on father’s death Abia Govt hails Nigeria Olympic Committee over staging an admin course in Umuahia Libya deliver Eagles 2025 AFCON ticket Eagles battle Cheetahs for 2025 AFCON ticket Yellow Greens gear up for T20 W’Cup qualifiers Tyson tips Fury to beat Joshua Sadiq absent as 22 Eagles train in Abidjan Eagles’ striking trio hot for Cheetahs, Amavubi clashes

 

Most Read Rangers International going, going . . . (55,163 views) Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (46,307 views) Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (44,370 views) Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (44,015 views) Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (43,948 views) Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (43,904 views) Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (43,742 views) NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (43,311 views) Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (42,366 views) Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (41,054 views) Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (39,506 views) John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (38,931 views)

 

Phone numbers

Tel: +234(0)8066020976
+234(0)8055068145
+234(0)7013416146
+234(0)8094272884

Email addresses

info@dailysportsng.com
support@dailysportsng.com
publisher@dailysportsng.com

Office address

No 3, Adetoun Close, Off College Road, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos.
Website: www.dailysportsng.com

Social Media