Can't afford the full-back's style of play? Worth 40 million euros, Atletico Madrid stopped signing Special Olympics for 20 million euros

Can you imagine it? A French international-level left-back like Te'o was once worth as much as 60 million euros, and now the 27-year-old is also worth 40 million euros, but AC Milan can't sell it at a price of 20 million euros?

Milan reporter Antonio Vitiello reports that Atletico Madrid have abruptly halted the introduction of Special Olympics. Originally, the transfer of Te'o to Atletico Madrid had been finalized, but in recent hours, Atletico Madrid suddenly reversed itself and stopped the transfer deal of signing Te'o for 20 million euros in this summer window.

It is reported that the 27-year-old Te'o wants to seize the last challenge in European football and has rejected Riyadh Victory's high-salary offer, choosing to stay in the top five leagues. Atletico's initial offers were rejected by Milan as too low, and the two sides recently reached an agreement on a transfer fee of 20 million euros, and Te'o's agent has already gone to the Metropolitano Stadium on June 12 to finalize the final contract details, and Te'o's annual salary at Atletico is about 5 million to 6 million euros after tax. Just as Milan confirmed the transfer of Te'o, Atletico Madrid called off the deal for Te'o, and Atletico needed to reassess the cost of the entire deal. It is still unknown whether the transfer of Te'o to Atletico will be restarted.

In this regard, fans ridiculed that Te'o, a fullback, cannot afford to play in the top five European leagues, so he can only go to a small club.

A graduate of Atletico Madrid's academy, the player moved to Madrid's rivals Real Madrid for €24 million in the summer window of 2017, and also played for Real Sociedad on loan, and the player moved to Serie A for a transfer fee of 22.8 million euros in the summer window of 2019 to join AC Milan, where he has been there ever since. Te'o Milan has 34 goals and 45 assists in 262 games in his career, and is a left-back with strong attacking attributes.

The 27-year-old Te'o, 1.84 meters tall, left-footed player, mainly plays left-back, can also play left midfielder and central defender, has a contract with Milan until 2026, and the German transfer is valued at 40 million euros. Special Olympics made 49 appearances for Milan in all competitions last season, starting 46 of them, contributing five goals and six assists.