Atletico Madrid finally officially announced the return of Diego Costa. According to previous media reports, the transfer fee is expected to be as high as 60 million euros. And Costa finally escaped from Conte's "claws" as he wished and returned to Simeone's side. The dispute between Costa and Chelsea this summer has been very heated. Costa has also completely broken up with Conte and Chelsea. I hope that he can focus on the court again in Atletico Madrid.

This is not the first time that an Atletico player has moved to Chelsea and then returned to Atletico. Previously, Brazilian defender Felipe joined Chelsea from Atletico in 2014, but he lost himself in Chelsea. , returned to Atletico Madrid just one year later. If Atletico Madrid made more than 10 million in transfer fees from that deal, then this time Costa's transfer to Atletico Madrid even made a loss in transfer fees. At the time, the 26-year-old Costa, who was in his prime, only spent 38 million euros to transfer to Chelsea. Now, the nearly 30-year-old Costa has spent 60 million euros on Atletico Madrid. It seems that Simeone has also been taken advantage of for this favorite player. Coupled with the fact that Torres has returned home, it seems that Atletico Madrid has a soft spot for its old player.

When it comes to having a soft spot for your old generals, you have to mention Dortmund. For example, Shaheen and Shinji Kagawa both wanted to develop in wealthy clubs, and Dortmund followed suit and sold them to Real Madrid and Manchester United at low prices. A few years later, Shaheen and Kagawa did not do well outside, and Dortmund took over them in poor condition. It can be said that they will never leave. As for the story of Gotze defecting to Bayern and returning to Dortmund after failing to get a position, it pushed Dortmund to the "spare tire" position. Now Atletico looks to be following Dortmund's old path.

Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund are new forces that have emerged in European football in recent years, but they do not have the investment of Middle Eastern oil bosses or the attraction of wealthy clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona, ??which makes them still far away from becoming traditional giants. So a little. These two teams also had bad luck. They reached the Champions League finals three times, but unfortunately lost to traditional giants. In today's football world, it is really difficult for civilian teams to challenge for the throne. Most of the time they can only serve as a springboard for young players, and even have to take over when they don't go their way. Teams like Atletico Madrid and Dortmund may be sad, but their existence undoubtedly makes football more exciting.

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