Costa played up front with Griezmann for a season and a half under Diego Simeone's stewardship and believes the want-away Frenchman left the club for the right reasons.

Only when the dark nights have been and gone and this tournament reaches its late stages, will we find out whether Pep Guardiola has what it takes to resolve the frailties at the back of his team.

Eden Hazard's current manager at Real Madrid, Zinedine Zidane, scored an incredible match-deciding volley in the 2002 Champions League final as Real Madrid beat Bayer Leverkusen.

The 30-year-old is generating interest and Al Rayyan see Costa as a viable alternative to Juventus forward Mario Mandzukic, after talks broke down to acquire the Croatian this summer.

Fikayo Tomori first made a name for himself as he came through the ranks at Chelsea when he broke Diego Costa's nose. Now it is his central defensive displays which have got people talking.

While Atletico are still keeping pace with La Liga's top two, their performances have left fans frustrated with three of their last four league games ending as goalless stalemates.

The Portuguese star underwent X-ray and MRI scans at a local hospital and the club later confirmed that their mega-money summer signing has suffered a Grade 2 ankle sprain.

Trippier has made a positive start to life at the La Liga giants so far and has fitted in well in Diego Simeone's squad - striking up a great connection with Costa, who he knows from his Premier League days.

Manchester United decided to let Romelu Lukaku leave in the summer without bringing in a replacement, although they are expected to snap a striker up in the January transfer window.

Diego Costa squandered a penalty as Atletico Madrid missed the chance to go top of La Liga by drawing away to Sevilla and failing to cash in on Barcelona's surprise defeat at Levante earlier in the day.

Red Bull Salzburg starlet Erling Braut Haaland entered the record books after converting an 11th-minute penalty in their Champions League draw against Napoli.

Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa is facing at least three months out on the sidelines after undergoing surgery on a back problem.

Diego Costa is mulling over the option of a return to his homeland, after reportedly entering talks with Copa Libertadores champions Flamengo.

Saul Niguez gave the hosts the lead in the fourth minute and defended well to keep out a dominant Liverpool in the second half. DOMINIC KING was there to rate the players' performances.

Former Chelsea goalkeeper Marcin Bulka has recalled a bizarre incident involving a Diego Costa and Nathaniel Chalobah. Bulka rose through the Chelsea ranks before moving to PSG.

As Liverpool saw their Champions League title defence ended in dramatic fashion by Atletico Madrid at Anfield, Jurgen Klopp fumed at the style of his opponents. Sportsmail looks at where it was lost.

Roma are reportedly interested in signing Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa as the Italian side look to add to their depleted striking options for next season.

Kim Yo-jong (left) sat alongside her brother and his wife at North Korea's mass games in Pyongyang, the first time she has been seen in 50 days following reports she was sent to a labour camp.

President Donald Trump said North Korea's special representative to the U.S. for nuclear negotiations had not been assassinated and said he looks forward to meeting again with Kim Jong-un.

The North Korean mass games are a spectacle of gymnastic synchronisation believed to be the world's 'biggest human performance' held at Rungrado, reportedly the world's biggest stadium.

In one shot,  locals enjoy a feast of wine and biscuits, in another a local dignitary is carried through a provincial village.

The magnitude 1.3 quake took place in the Chinese city of Hunchun at 19:38pm local time today with a focal depth of zero metres, reported China seismic network.

The Pyongyang strongman beamed as he led Xi on a stroll through the gardens of the city's state guest house and hosted a lunch with

A Korean NGO has mapped out the 318 places in North Korea where people have been publicly executed - most commonly for theft or damage to property.

Alex Sigley, a 29-year-old student of Korean Literature at Kim Il Sung University, has been arrested and the Australian government is frantically trying to work out why.

An Australian exchange student who ran tours in North Korea has been arrested after posting about life in the secretive country.

Alek Sigley's wife Yuka Morinaga said she received her last message from him on Monday. The 26-year-old, who is based in Tokyo, usually speaks to Mr Sigley every day on WhatsApp.

North Korea has released its own smartphone which is incapable of connecting to foreign WiFi. The Pyongyang 2425 handset can only access state-run 'Mirae' WiFi, an intranet network.

Perth man Alek Sigley, missing in North Korea, may have been silenced ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit to the demilitarized zone, an expert said on Friday.

Trump heads to the DMZ on Sunday, after tweeting from the G-20 in Osaka: 'If Chairman Kim of North Korea sees this, I would meet him at the Border/DMZ just to shake his hand and say Hello(?)!'

Alek Sigley hasn't been heard or seen since Tuesday morning and is believed to be detained in North Korea.

President Trump still isn't saying for certain he will meet Kim Jong-un at the DMZ, just hours before he takes his trip there.

Former federal MP Michael Johnson, who has visited North Korea three times, fears Australian exchange student Alek Sigley has been physically abused in detention.

Carlson watched the notoriously heavy smoker speaking to Trump as Kim welcomed the US president into North Korea - the first ever to ever set foot in the secretive state.

Donald Trump is closing down Washington D.C.'s airspace for his 'biggest fireworks ever' and Air Force One flyby, causing two hours of delays and cancellations for July 4 travelers in the capital.

As final preparations are made for Donald Trump's elaborate 'Salute to America' July Fourth celebration in Washington on Thursday, not everyone is as excited as the president himself.

Donald Trump promised the 'show of a lifetime' for the Fourth of July and said the cost of his extravaganza will 'be very little compared to what it is worth' as questions arise about the final tally.

Australian exchange student Alek Sigley's release from North Korea occurred just four days after Donald Trump set foot in the secretive communist nation to meet with Kim Jong-un.

Alek Sigley, 29, last made contact with his family on June 25, sparking concerns he had been detained in the secretive nation's capital, Pyongyang.

An Australian student was freed from the clutches of North Korea after a colourful Swedish politician urged the hermit kingdom to let him go.

The Australian student's business partner, Michelle Joyce, said she would 'be surprised' if he didn't return to the country despite the negative experience.

Kim's eagerness to meet Trump in the DMZ that divides North and South Korea contrasted with the picture that Pyongyang paints of a powerful and proactive leader, a source told Korean media.

Alek Sigley, 29, landed in China safe and well on Thursday after spending nine days detained in the communist country.

The hermit country claimed on Saturday that Alek Sigley had spread anti-Pyongyang propaganda by providing photos and other materials to news outlets with critical views toward the North.

Choe In-guk - the son of former South Korean foreign minister Choe Dok-shin who defected in 1986 - was filmed arriving in Pyongyang on Saturday where he pledged allegiance to Kim Jong-un.

Mr Sigley, 29, returned to social media late on Wednesday, where he released a brief statement after assuring everyone he was well, mentally and physically.

Alek Sigley (left), 29, who is believed to be the only Australian living in North Korea, went missing this week after a series of posts on social media about life in the mysterious capital of Pyongyang.

Starting in Rotterdam, the two Maybach S600s took a four-month route across five countries before it is thought they were flown to North Korea from Russia, before Kim Jong-un took a ride in one (pictured).

The Beijing-backed company, which has been blacklisted in the U.S. over fears of its possible role in Chinese espionage, is said to have worked on a range of projects in the secretive state over eight years.

Reports which emerged in Japan last month claimed that Kenji Fujimoto (pictured), a former chef for Kim Jong-un's father Kim Jong-il, had been arrested on suspicion of a 'past betrayal'.