Time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye, February 2022 is almost over, and with March approaching, the first transfer window of this year's Chinese Super League will also be opened.
Judging from the current environment of the Chinese Super League, some clubs with financial conditions are working hard for whether the team can retain the qualification for the Chinese Super League next season, and now they have no heart to consider the problem of reinforcements.
Therefore, in the new season, the biggest reinforcement efforts are undoubtedly Shandong Taishan and Shanghai Haigang, two clubs that are not bad for money. As the double champion of the Chinese Super League and the FA Cup last season, shandong Taishan's reinforcement work is particularly interesting.
Due to the participation in next season's AFC Champions League, Taishan Club, which faces the pressure of third-tier combat, is also actively looking for new foreign aid for the team. Considering that in the past 2 seasons, the team's front-line players have been lost more seriously, and they have not been able to introduce suitable foreign aid to strengthen, so the current Taishan team's key reinforcement target is foreign aid forwards.
In recent times, there have also been many offensive foreign aides from the K League who have been linked to the Taishan team. However, due to the introduction of a lot of foreign aid from the K League in the past two years, South Korean clubs have also begun to intentionally raise the transfer value of players and gain more benefits from it.
As a result, the Taishan Club has changed its thinking and begun to consider bringing in new signings from Europe. According to the latest news, The Taishan team recently contacted the Chinese agent of Spanish striker Diego Costa to communicate about the joining of the striker, who once played for Atletico Madrid and Chelsea, the champions of Europe's top leagues.
In fact, Taishan Club and Costa's agent are not strangers, the two sides have had many cooperation before, Shi Ke, who joined the team last season, and Liao Lisheng, who just joined recently, the transfer of the two was completed under the operation of this agent.
Costa, 33, was once one of the top centre-forwards in Europe's top five leagues, and the efficient Spanish striker was once the top player in Atletico Madrid's forward line.
In the 2013-14 season, Costa played 51 games for Atletico in all competitions, scoring a staggering 36 goals and helping the team beat La Liga giants Barcelona to win the league title of this season.
At the end of the 2014 season, Costa moved to Premier League giants Chelsea for 38 million euros. In his first season with the Blues, Costa scored 20 goals for Chelsea. Just two seasons later, Costa used his heroic performance to once again help Chelsea win the 2016-17 Premier League title two rounds in advance.
Amid irreconcilable tensions with manager Conte, Costa returned to Atletico Madrid at the end of the 2017 season. After returning to Atletico Costa, it was difficult to regain his former form, and in his two and a half seasons with the team, he never scored more than 10 goals.
As a result, Atletico also terminated their contract with Costa at the end of 2020. In August last year, Costa announced his comeback to join Mineseiro in the Brazilian League.
Although the level of the Bajia league is not as high as in La Liga and the Premier League, Costa, who has passed the golden period of his career, still has difficulty adapting to the rhythm of the Bajia game. Last season, he played only 16 games for Mineseiro, scoring five goals and one assist.
In this case, Minesero also swept Costa out of the house in January this year. Costa, who regained his freedom, soon had a scandal with the Chinese Super League, and Shandong Taishan is currently the most likely Chinese Super League team to sign Costa.
Although Costa is not young, he was born in 1988, 1 year younger than Taishan's foreign player Fellaini. With his ability and characteristics, it is difficult to get a foothold in the Chinese Super League. And in his current state, he will not have too high requirements for salary.
The only thing that has prevented Costa from joining Tarzan so far is his injury problem, after all, he has suffered several major injuries in the past few seasons, and now there is no guarantee of how well his physical function will be restored. As for whether Tarzan can sign the Spanish striker as desired, let's wait for the club's official announcement.......