Brazilian striker, Diego Costa has just signed a new
three-year contract extension with Atletico Madrid that will keep him at the
Vicente Calderon until 2018 and effectively closing they door on any transfer
to English Premier League side, Liverpool, after their initial bid was rejected
by the player and the club.
In an official statement from the club, Costa expressed
joy in signing a new contract and staying with the club, while Atleti exec,
Jose Luis Perez Caminero was also pleased with the new deal and feels it is a
cause for all of Atletico Madrid to celebrate.
Atletico Madrid and Diego Costa have reached an agreement
to extend the contract of
hispanobrasileño striker for three more seasons, committing him to our
club runs until June 30, 2018. The striker, born in Lagarto, Brazil, 24 years
ago, was delighted with the agreement that has been signed with our company:
“I am delighted with this agreement after fighting a long
time to win the respect and affection of the fans, the peers and people in the
club. It`s a very special moment, I am very happy here. “
Diego Costa only had words of gratitude for the trust
Atletico Madrid has shown in him:
“I thank the club for making me this offer to keep me
here for a long time and hope to become a much bigger player and conquer all
the objectives of our team.”
The striker, who has recently acquired dual nationality,
is an important cog for Los Colchoneros, as evidenced by his numbers last
season, in which he scored 20 goals, ten of them in La Liga and eight in the
Copa del Rey, one of the which was in the final at the Santiago Bernabeu, a
title Atletico Madrid would go on to win.
Caminero: “This is great news for all of Atletico”
In this sense, José Luis Pérez Caminero welcomed the
agreement signed with the striker:
“This was one of the priorities of the club and is a
great news for all of Atletico. Diego Costa is one of the key pieces of our
team and following our policy to maintain this core, which has given us so much
success in recent years, extending his contract was one of our goals. “
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