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Diego Simeone Officially Extends Atletico Madrid Contract Until June 2020

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has given the club a huge boost by signing a new two-year contract extension that promises to see him remain in charge until at least 2020.

After arriving back in Madrid in 2011, Simeone had long been tipped to leave Atleti at the end of the coming season after overseeing the transition to the new stadium.

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Despite insisting he hoped to stay at the club, the Argentine took the odd step of reducing his contract by two years last September, meaning it would only take him to the end of the 2017/18 season.