Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone is nearing an agreement with the club for a contract extension. The 44 year old manager’s current deal is good until the 2017 season but with the recent success of the squad, extending it would be the wise move for the Spanish club and Simeone’s agent is confirming that there are talks between Simeone and the squad.

“The truth is we are going to have good news in the coming days. If the Atletico fans are happy today, they will be even happier in the next few days.” Natalia Someone, who is Diego Simeone’s sister and agent, said during an interview on a Spanish television show on Tuesday. Diego Simeone would’t confirm of any contract extension but admitted that a deal is “not closed” and that they have to wait for a few more days before announcing anything.

Simeone’s Atletico Madrid are into the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League after beating Bayer Leverkusen on penalties last Tuesday. Simeone is a former footballer who had success in his professional clubs and the Argentine national team. From 1987 to 2006 he has played for various clubs including Atletico Madrid from 1994 to 1997 and 2003 to 2005.

For his senior career in club football, he had a total of 513 appearances playing for seven different clubs and producing 84 goals. With the national team he had 106 NT caps and had 11 goals in his international career. Since retiring from playing football in 2006, he became a manager for various clubs including Racing in 2006 and 2011, Estudiantes in 2006-2007, River Plate in 2007-2008, San Lorenzo in 2009-2010, Catania in 2011 and signed with his current club Atletico Madrid in 2011.

Simeone’s club is currently in fourth place in the most recent Spanish La Liga table with 56 points after 17 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. They trail Valencia with 17-6-4 by a single point and 8 points off second placer Real Madrid, 21-1-5 and 9 points off first placer Barcelona, 21-2-4.

Atletico Madrid qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League along with Barcelona, Bayern Munchen, Juventus, AS Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain, FC Porto and Real Madrid.

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