Valencia midfielder joined Atletico Madrid
Valencia French midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia replaces Thomas Partey at Atletico Madrid.
faced shocking news on the last day of the summer transfer window.
Atletico
Ghanaian midfielder
Thomas Parteyhas reached an agreement with
Arsenal, and the London club was able to make a big purchase by paying his a
€ 50
million release clause.
Under Spanish football rules,
Atletico
had the right to recruit a player
from a Spanish team to replace
Thomas
one month after the end of the transfer window.
The French midfielder of
Valenciawas on the sales list after a dispute with the club leaders. He has been playing for Valencia since the
2017 - 18
.
Kondogbia
, who has also played for
Inter Milan, reached an agreement with
Atletico
three days ago and underwent medical tests on Sunday.
Finally, a few minutes ago, Atletico announced the official transfer of this French midfielder. His contract is for three and a half years and is worth
€15m
.
His style of play is very similar to that of
Thomas Partey
, and Valencia will also have 10% of his selling rights.
Valencia will have to wait until the winter of 2021 to find a replacement for Kondogbia.
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