Finally, Costa rejoins Atletico Madrid

CAIRO – 21 September 2017: Atletico Madrid announced on Thursday that the club has reached an agreement with English club, Chelsea to sign their Spanish striker, Diego Costa.

“Atlético Madrid and Chelsea have reached an initial agreement for the transfer of Diego Costa. The agreement is pending the formalization of the contract between our club and the Spanish international forward,” Atletico Madrid’s statement said.

Costa, 28, will return to play for Atletico Madrid after three years in London playing for Chelsea where he won two Premier League titles in 2015 and 2017.

The Spanish club statement added, “the English club gave the Spanish an international permission to travel to Madrid in the coming days to take his medical exam and finalize his contract with our club.”

Brazilian-born Spanish Costa joined Atletico Madrid in 2007, and he went to multiple loans before settling in Atletico Madrid’s first team in 2010 and played for the club until moving to Chelsea in 2014.

It is worth mentioning that Chelsea Manager Antonio Conte informed Costa via a text message that he doesn’t want him for the new season, so the player decided to leave the club.

Costa will be unable to represent Atletico Madrid until January 2018, as FIFA banned the club from transfers this summer.