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Victor Mollejo Met Diego Costa As A Young Fan, Now They're Teammates

Victor Mollejo Met Diego Costa As A Young Fan, Now They're Teammates

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Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

Atletico Madrid youngster Victor Mollejo has shared two brilliant pictures of himself and Diego Costa - showing how far he's come in such a short space of time.

Four years ago Mollejo, a boyhood Atleti fan, met Costa during the striker's first spell with the club and had a picture taken with him.

Fast forward to today and a lot has happened in that period. Costa went to Chelsea and won two Premier League titles but returned to the Spanish capital after being frozen out by Antonio Conte and has won both the Europa League and UEFA Super Cup with Diego Simeone's side.

But as all that has occurred, Mollejo has experienced a quite meteoric rise - to the point where he is now a teammate of Costa's - and even had the pleasure of stretching with him in training.


Mollejo is a Spanish youth international and is seen as one of La Roja's top prospects. He predominantly plays for Atletico's B side but has already made history in the first-team.

In a friendly in August 2017, he became the first player born in the 21st century to turn out for Atletico when he came on as a substitute, aged 16.

Image: PA
Image: PA

He then followed that up by scoring for The Rojiblancos in a 3-2 International Champions Cup game against Paris Saint-Germain this summer.

Moreover, Mollejo was recently named in the club's Champions League squad and could yet break even more records in the near future.

Remember the name folks.

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Topics: Football News, Football, Atletico Madrid, Diego Costa, La Liga