Villarreal, a famous La Liga team, has confirmed the acquisition of Logan Costa, a young defender from Toulouse in the French top league. ufabet http://ufabet999.app, a French media outlet, stated the price at 18 million euros.

The “Yellow Submarine” paid the most expensive price for a defender in the club’s history. They have signed a long-term contract with Costa, 23, until 2030.

Earlier this summer, there was interest from La Liga rivals Atletico Madrid, as well as Premier League teams Nottingham Forest and Fulham.

Costa, who is an international for Cape Verde, has signed a six-year deal with Villarreal. Diario AS have reported that the operation with Toulouse will cost in the region of €17.5m. Costa could be added to Marcelino’s squad for Friday’s match-up against Sevilla at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan.

However, it was Villarreal who entered the negotiations and on Thursday announced the launch of the French player. The Cape Verde international, who has an image inspired by superhero Wolverine,

leaves Toulouse having made 58 appearances in all competitions, playing a part in their promotion to Ligue 1 in 2021-22 and the Coupe de France the following year. He is Villarreal’s

ninth signing of the summer transfer window, with the likes of Luiz Junior from Famalicao for €12m and Thierno Barry from Basel for €14m in the past week. Villarreal, who

finished eighth last season, have already signed Ayoze Perez, Nicolas Pepe, Willy Kambwala, Sergi Cardona, Diego Conde and Papa Gueye.