In England they say that Mou wants Costa for Tottenham

Diego Costa (31 years old) is not clear about his future at Atlético. The Lagarto striker Your contract ends on June 30, 2021, so he enters his last year of association with the rojiblanco club. The mattresses are not interested in extending their stay in the entity, so they are considering give it a go in this summer market and it seems that they can find an ally in this task: Jose Mourinho.

And it is that, from England, specifically the ‘Daily Star’, they ensure that the Portuguese coach He has asked the Tottenham leaders to bring a reinforcement for the forward that complements its star, Harry Kane. For it, has put on the table the name of an old acquaintance: Diego Costa. Both of them they agreed at Chelsea, since the Portuguese expressly asked the Spanish-Brazilian on his return to the London club. Englishmen disbursed 38 million euros in the summer of 2014 to take Costa and he spent three seasons at the club, in which he played 120 games between all competitions, marking 58 goals.

The fates of Atlético and Lagarto rejoined in September 2017, when the rojiblancos agreed with Chelsea a loan for half a season (It became effective as of January due to the sanction to the mattress entity that prevented it from registering players until that transfer market) with a purchase obligation at the conclusion of the same. The total amount of the operation was 65 million euros. This second stage of the Spanish-Brazilian at the club has not been very fruitful, since in 74 duels who has played has only scored 17 points between all competitions.

However, sources close to the Portuguese technician assure that Mourinho is not interested in Costa being Kane's replacement, since his age and his poor performance in these rojiblanco seasons they create certain doubts for the Tottenham manager about what it can bring to 'spurs' and they make do not consider him the ideal relief to rest his star forward or supply when it is not available.

The lack of goal that Atlético has shown this season has caused the club to urgently sign a number of guarantees and, for this, need to raise money by getting rid of multiplayer. One of the candidates is Costa who, along with Lemar, Vitolo or Arias, among others, are on the exit ramp to contribute funds to the rojiblancas coffers that allow them to reinforce various positions they need to fill.