Atletico Madrid Fiery forward and Vitolo must start pre-season away from Atletico

Under a FIFA transfer ban, Atletico Madrid have few targets in this summer's transfer market, and both players on their two-man shortlist are now set to begin training elsewhere.

Diego Costa and Vitolo have been heavily linked with the LaLiga side but should return to work at Chelsea and Sevilla, respectively, this week.

The case of the fiery forward is far from closed, beginning back in early June when he informed the press of Antonio Conte's insistence that he will be sold during the summer.

Since then, the Premier League champions have been searching intently for a new star striker - such as Alvaro Morata or Andrea Belotti - and thus Atleti have been in no rush while they wait on Costa to be forced out by a new arrival.

However the player remains in Brazil and has no plans to come back to start working under Conte at Cobham.

Nonetheless, Los Rojiblancos are even happy to complete the deal as late as August, given that Costa would be stuck on the sidelines until January anyway.

Vitolo heads east

Down in Andalusia, Vitolo's preparations for the new season begin two days after Costa's, on Wednesday, when he comes under new Sevilla coach Eduardo Berizzo's orders.

It is perhaps more problematic that the following day sees the Nervionenses squad jet out to Japan for a summer tour.

However Madrid remain without haste to formally sign the winger given that his release clause of 40 million euros isn't going to change anytime soon, and that he'll only be sent to Las Palmas for the first half of the season in any case.

That part of the deal is still being discussed between the two clubs before the raid is launched and Vitolo signed, forcing Atletico fans to watch on wistfully as their prospective players pull on their old kit for pre-season training.