Soccer Football - Atletico Madrid v Bayer Leverkusen - UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg - Vicente Calderon Stadium, Madrid, Spain - 15/3/17 Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone Reuters / Juan Medina Livepic - RTX3178A
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Diego Simeone said on Thursday he considered quitting Atletico Madrid last summer following defeat to city rivals Real Madrid in the 2016 Champions League final, and turned down a 35 million euro (30 million pound) offer from another club to leave.
The former midfielder has transformed Atletico's fortunes in his five years in charge. But in the aftermath of last season's penalty shoot-out defeat in the San Siro he hinted he was thinking about leaving. At the time, he told a news conference: "I'm thinking I have to start thinking about it."
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