Flamengo wants Diego Costa

Diego Costa could be living his last days at Atlético de Madrid. The Spanish-Brazilian striker is one of the players that Flamengo manages to reinforce its attacking point of not being able to retain Gabriel Barbosa, better known as Gabigol, owned by Inter Milan for longer. According to Goal, the Rio de Janeiro club would have already started talks with the colchonero striker to return to Brazil after a career in Europe. Flamengo, who has regained his position as a leader in the Rio de Janeiro championship, is looking for alternatives to the more than possible departure Gabigol, whom Inter would like to recover after the great performance he has given in the last two years in Brazil, first with Santos and then with the rubronegro club. The Italians put a price on the Brazilian striker, 35 million euros, a price that they cannot afford, hence the step forward taken by Diego Costa. Filipe Luis, who left Atlético de Madrid this summer for Flamengo, would be one of the that he would be testing the mattress striker to know his predisposition to return to his country. The full-back spent many years in the dressing room with Costa during his spells at both Atlético de Madrid and Chelsea, hence they have a great friendship. In fact, recently Filipe Luis stated that Costa «is an ideal player for Flamengo because of his style of play. The fans would welcome him quickly. I hope to be here to live this dream with him, it would be very nice. »Diego Costa has a contract with Atlético de Madrid until 2021, although his importance in the mattress club and in Simeone’s plans have diminished, in part due to the consecutive injuries that He is suffering and in part because of the poor scoring performance he has been giving since he returned from London:only seven goals in 42 league games; 15 goals in 60 games in all competitions, one goal every four games. For all this, Atleti would be willing to negotiate a possible sale of Costa, which they would value for a figure that would oscillate between 20 or 30 million euros, a price that Yes, a club like Flamengo could study, especially after their performance in the last Copa Libertadores, champion after knocking River Plate down 2-1, curiously with a double from Gabigol …