Manchester City have joined the race to sign Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak, according to reports. City are believed to be keen on signing a replacement for Claudio Bravo and has set sights on the Atleti keeper. Bravo only arrived at the Etihad last summer transfer window but has struggled in between the sticks. Reports in the Goal have it that Pep Guardiola is not impressed with the Chilean goalie, conceding 14 goals from the last 22 shots he has faced and the City boss is ready to replace him with Jan Oblak. Prior reports have it that Chelsea are keeping tabs on Oblak after reports that Thibaut Courtois was heavily linked with a move to Santiago Bernabeu. The Slovenian keeper has an £86.7million release clause and Atleti goalie will … [Read more...]
Revealed: Why Atleti Failed To Re-sign Diego Costa From Chelsea
Diego Simeone has revealed Atletico Madrid failed to re-sign Diego Costa because there was no 'buyout clause' in the striker's contract. Costa joined Chelsea in 2014 and helped them to win the Premier League title under Jose Mourinho but failed to repeat his debut heroics in his second season as the Blues struggled under the Portuguese, which sparked speculations that he wanted to return to Atletico. Explaining how the transfer went down, Simeone told Marca: ‘I was crystal clear with Diego about what we were trying to do and how long we’d wait for an answer and that’s why we’ve still got a great relationship today, ‘The problem we came up against was that there tend not to be buyout clauses in England and so Chelsea could say to us: ‘we want £180m’ … [Read more...]