Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has said their capture of Chelsea striker Diego Costa is not as imminent as previously reported.
According to Simon Johnson of the Evening Standard, he said: "What I do understand is that Costa is a Chelsea player and until January, there is time to talk to his club and with anybody else. We will not do anything until January. If his family is moving [to Madrid] then I do not know."
Per Johnson, he continued:
Simon Johnson"We want Costa.Another thing is that we can bring him because there are always a number of circumstances for a negotiation to go through.