Tianjin Quanjian Target Diego Costa

DBasia.news – The serious metatarsal injury in Diego Costa left leg forced him to absent for at least 10 weeks in Atletico Madrid. He would undergo a surgery in Brasil. The injury happened when Atletico played draw 1-1 against Girona.

Without Costa, Atletico would possibly look for the successor to be the tandem of Antoine Griezmann. They would do it in the January winter transfer market. Edinson Cavani is one of the targets.

However, when Atletico are searching for the player replacing Costa, AS reported Costa is the target of Chinese club, Tianjin Quanjian.

The Italian journalist Alessio Alaimo claimed the match against Girona would be the last match between Costa and Atletico. Tianjin revived their interest to Costa and his agent Jorge Mendes has told Atletico that his client might leave.

Costa could leave considering that he is now in the third period supporting Atletico after the 2007-2009 and 2010-2014 periods. However, it won’t be easy for Tianjin, who are looking for the duet of Alexandre Pato, to sign Costa because he is still the prominent player for Diego Simeone.

“Diego has made a decision to stop, he has been making a great effort, with difficulty and we need him fully fit. That’s fine with me as we will have a fresh reinforcement for the final part of the campaign, the most crucial part,” Simeone said.

If Costa leaves, Atletico might sign Cavani as the successor. Atletico have been eyeing him for a long time, but Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) won’t let him go despite the poor relationship between Cavani, Neymar, and Kylian Mbappe.