Latest on Arda Turan

Chelsea Forward Diego Costa has encouraged his Manager Jose Mourinho to go ahead and sign his old compatriot Arda Turan. In a recent interview Diego Costa quoted “It would be a fantastic” to reunite with his former team at Stamford Bridge again.

The 28 year old wing-forward has been heavily linked with a move to Premier League giants Chelsea and Manchester United in recent days after his agent confirmed the Turkish International wants to leave Atletico Madrid, and prefers a move to England.

“He is planning on leaving Spain this summer. He would like to play in the Premier League. This is the path he would like his career to take. His departure from Atletico would not be easy because of his €41 Million buy-out clause. We are in discussion with three clubs, but I cannot reveal names. They are the three best club in England, and indeed Europe,” Turan’s agent said in an exclusive interview to AS.

And although Catalan newspaper Sport and Mundo Deprotivo have claimed Arda is on the verge to sign for Catalan giants Barcelona – With a contract agreed between the Player and the Club, Arda Turan immediately denied those rumors on his Twitter Handle.

“Some Reports of my Transfer are not correct. I am on holiday and resting,” he announced on social media.

Having broken the news of Arda wanting to leave Atletico Madrid, AS has also claimed that Turan has “lucrative agreement with Manchester United”, but Chelsea remains his first choice.

AS also claims that Arda Turan prefers a move to Chelsea because he can reunite with his former Atletico Madrid teammates Diego Costa and Thibaut Courtois. Chelsea are willing to offer Filipe Luis to ease the negotiation and reduce his buy-out clause of €41m (£29m).

And Costa has hailed a potential move of Arda Turan from Vincente Caledron to Stamford Bridge after he made the same switch a year ago.

“It would be fantastic. Arda makes everything so much easier on the pitch. Arda, Felipe and I function perfectly. And Arda is such a great person. He invited us to eat at his house many times; I really liked his kebab. The whole team would go round to his for dinner,” the Spain international said to Turkish newspaper Bugun.