25 million euros, the strangest penalty from Atletico for its star Costa

The site revealed the Spanish media "Cadena Cup" about a strange condition contained in the contract of a prominent attacker in the ranks of Atletico Madrid, which exposes him to a financial penalty of 25 million euros, in the event that he decides to leave his team and move to one of the three major teams in Spain, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Seville While he will be required to pay about 5 million euros, in case he wants to move to another team.

And this is about Atletico striker Diego Costa, whose relationship with the club's management has recently soured, as he pushes to leave the team next January, while the club insists on the player's commitment to his contract, or the implementation of its provisions.

The site revealed that the management of Atletico, in order to protect itself from any benefit to rivals Barcelona and Real, as well as Seville, imposed this strange condition on Costa, when it decided to re-contract him after he left the team years ago and joined Chelsea, then decided to carry the club's shirt again.

It is noteworthy that Costa's contract expires in the summer of 2021, and the player can negotiate with any club he wants, but the problem relates to the player's strong desire to move in next January, which will make him be required to pay the fictional penalty clause, which is impossible to achieve even with any other world star.

Costa does not feel comfortable playing with Atletico since the start of the season, as he does not have the confidence of Simeone, and he was repeatedly injured and lost his position after joining the former Barcelona star, Luis Suarez. 

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