Quote from: NotATether on December 29, 2020, 02:47:26 PM

Quote from: DeathAngel on December 29, 2020, 02:33:56 PM

Quote from: risatrakib on December 29, 2020, 01:32:16 PM

Atletico Madrid confirm termination of Diego Costa contract to end Spain striker's second spell at club.The 32-year-old cited personal reasons for wanting to leave Wanda Metropolitano after being excused from training, having also made it clear that he had no intention of signing an extension.

What was the issue? I haven’t been following La Liga too much this season. Is he not performing too well or is it just because he’s on big wages & isn’t justifying them so Atleti thought best to terminate the contract?

He asked Atletico to terminate his contract. Maybe he fell out with Diego Simone but that's my speculation. He fell out with Chelsea managers dramatically in the past.

The media is being vague about the reasons for his termination and they're all saying it's for personal reasons. Usually when a player is leaving for personal reasons it means they don't like the club they're playing in anymore. It's definitely not Atletico cutting weights of cash from it's hot air balloon, in fact that made it easier to agree to terminate him when he asked them to let him go.

From what I have heard he is a player who would like to be treated like a superstar, like the by far the best player in the team and should be given that much attention, when he doesn't he left. But this was Chelsea period.

Also there are terms in the contract as well, it says if he leaves for teams like Barcelona, Real Madrid and one more team I forgot, he would have to pay 26 million euro to Athletico Madrid, however if he goes to any other team in the champions league right now, he would only have to pay 5 million, and if he goes to any other team he would have to pay 3 million. Which I would have to say all the talks about Turkish teams wanting him like crazy, sounds about right.

Pay about 3 million to club, pay about 5 or so to Costa himself and you got yourself a star beyond that level but forced to pick a club like that because of the previous contract.