Diego Costa is living his last hours at Atlético.

As announced by As and EL MUNDO was able to confirm, the forward has requested to terminate his contract, which ends on June 30, to return to Brazil "for family reasons."

A request that the rojiblanco club will begin to manage from this Monday.

Another unforeseen event for Diego Pablo Simeone, about to conclude 2020, after the recent 10-week punishment of his right back Kieran Trippier.

Costa's goodbye has a greater impact on the emotional than on the football.

And is that this season, injuries have barely allowed him to be seen on the pitch.

First it was a muscle injury that left him out for a month and, once he recovered, a venous thrombosis in his right leg separated him for another three weeks.

In total, 12 games out.

He has only been able to play 204 minutes, spread over seven games, and score two goals, the last one, against Elche, from a penalty, at the Wanda Metropolitano.

His influence in the dressing room, where he is one of the veterans, with 32 years and 215 games (83 goals) with Atlético, is much greater.

His presence, for example, has been key to the adaptation of

Joao Félix

.

However, despite the fact that he has barely been able to count on him so far this year, Simeone loses a piece in attack, key to giving

Luis Suárez

oxygen

.

Therefore, if his departure takes place, the logical thing is that Atlético, leader of the First Division, will look for a replacement in this winter market with which to face the three competitions that it has in hand with guarantees.

The saving of more than half of the striker's file, located around

10 million net

, may allow looking for an offensive alternative from next January 1.

After not finding a team in the summer to face Costa's payroll, Atlético and the player reached an agreement that they would both remain together until the contract expired in June.

However, with 2020 about to sell out, history has changed.

The striker, icon of that league champion Atlético (13/14) will return to Brazil to close a second stage in Madrid that has nothing to do with those of those formidable and distant days.

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