🇪🇸 Diego Costa

[Blue Armour 4,439]

35 minutes ago, mashimaru161 said:

Are you kidding? Are you high? Did you just absolutele turn a blind eye into what has been posted in this thread? Are you telling the club to just suck it after a player shove a middle finger into their face in a worst possible way? What if he decides to get a red card every game instead of continue to play for us if we keep him? What? What?

I'm seriously question your logic.

No. No. No. And no. No. No.

Okay

[Blue Armour 4,439]

14 minutes ago, Bernard N Y Burgesson said:

dont compare drogba era to now. back then chelsea didnt have a reputation and were building one. Back then drogba is the best we could get. So yea we had to manage.

Post champions league era we are now qualified to chase the likes of morata, Mbappe, Dani Alves and we are qualified to land people like hazard and even pedro. So we won't tolerate such nonsense from costa. Its high time we treat some of our players like how we treat our coaches by sacking them when needed

 

My point is players like Drogba were a rarity back then...and are a rarity right now. And honestly, the reputation of the club has nothing to do with it...How do you think City got so many superstars within a short span of time? How are the Chinese clubs luring players?

I'm glad we're linked with the likes of players Mbappe and Morata. But how easy is to get them? We're having to face a battle with the likes of Everton to get someone like Lukaku, and for what? 80mill plus?

 

 

[The Skipper 20,609]

20 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

 

My point is players like Drogba were a rarity back then...and are a rarity right now. And honestly, the reputation of the club has nothing to do with it...How do you think City got so many superstars within a short span of time? How are the Chinese clubs luring players?

I'm glad we're linked with the likes of players Mbappe and Morata. But how easy is to get them? We're having to face a battle with the likes of Everton to get someone like Lukaku, and for what? 80mill plus?

 

 

Did Didier want to leave every season?

[LAM09 7,052]

 
My point is players like Drogba were a rarity back then...and are a rarity right now. And honestly, the reputation of the club has nothing to do with it...How do you think City got so many superstars within a short span of time? How are the Chinese clubs luring players?
I'm glad we're linked with the likes of players Mbappe and Morata. But how easy is to get them? We're having to face a battle with the likes of Everton to get someone like Lukaku, and for what? 80mill plus?
 
 

The probably is our board trying to haggle for anyone and everyone when the likes of City, Madrid & PSG just throw the money down.

Things have changed a lot in the last decade.

[Bernard N Y Burgesson 139]

32 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

 

My point is players like Drogba were a rarity back then...and are a rarity right now. And honestly, the reputation of the club has nothing to do with it...How do you think City got so many superstars within a short span of time? How are the Chinese clubs luring players?

I'm glad we're linked with the likes of players Mbappe and Morata. But how easy is to get them? We're having to face a battle with the likes of Everton to get someone like Lukaku, and for what? 80mill plus?

 

 

City is a far richer club than chelsea have been even though it hurts to admit it. They got those players by paying extra bucks which we couldn't do to be honest. they where more or less the china in that era. And just to make it clear non of the teams in the epl are richer than the chinese clubs. If they where to be ranked for wealth we wouldn't be in the top 10 clubs.

i do like the image that chelsea have as a rich club but honestly we can't sign some of the players and pay some of the wages the likes of Man U, real madrid and mancity are paying

[Blue Armour 4,439]

20 minutes ago, The Skipper said:

Did Didier want to leave every season?

Mate...Costa's only been here for 3 seasons. And he's only ever wanted to leave during the 3'rd season...Yes, once at the start of it, and now the two most recent attempts (Jan, and following). But mind, the only bit that was ever confirmed by the player himself was the move he tried to make before the start of the season.

I'm not making Costa to be innocent...I'm pretty sure there's more than meets the eye, and Conte wouldn't have just texted the player in such a naive manner. My point is, this is just the baggage that we have to deal with when having Costa...For all these antics of his, I still don't think we should hasten his departure without making sure we have good cover for his position.

[Blue Armour 4,439]

8 minutes ago, Bernard N Y Burgesson said:

City is a far richer club than chelsea have been even though it hurts to admit it. They got those players by paying extra bucks which we couldn't do to be honest. they where more or less the china in that era. And just to make it clear non of the teams in the epl are richer than the chinese clubs. If they where to be ranked for wealth we wouldn't be in the top 10 clubs.

i do like the image that chelsea have as a rich club but honestly we can't sign some of the players and pay some of the wages the likes of Man U, real madrid and mancity are paying

Yes, those clubs spent silly money...and yes, like you said there's little chance we can do the same even after this successful season... We have a stadium expenditure coming up...and while we won the PL, the earnings aren't too much greater than what PL clubs below us got. Besides, foreign clubs will always demand more transfer fees from English clubs. This is the new trend....In this climate, what are the odds that we go and get exactly the type of player we need>

This is supposed to be the season to sign plenty of strong reinforcements to make an even stronger squad...Not spending silly money to replace key players.....

[Dahnald 256]

Finally, most of our fans are now finally seeing this fucker for who he truly is. 

 

Hope he fucks off ASAP. Preferably to China so we won't see him again in Europe. Never liked the cunt. Scoring goals is his fucking job and he gets paid a fortune to do so, so I won't thank him for it. 

This is also the end of that horrific DIEGODIEGODIEGO chant. 

[Bernard N Y Burgesson 139]

20 minutes ago, Dahnald said:

Finally, most of our fans are now finally seeing this fucker for who he truly is. 

 

Hope he fucks off ASAP. Preferably to China so we won't see him again in Europe. Never liked the cunt. Scoring goals is his fucking job and he gets paid a fortune to do so, so I won't thank him for it. 

This is also the end of that horrific DIEGODIEGODIEGO chant. 

Damn that chant really pissed me of but for the irony of it sometime made me laugh especially when he falls flat on his ass and expects a foul.

[quickpassnmove 924]

1 hour ago, BlueLyon said:

Im not the kind of guy that changes opinion (in this case football releated) on player instantly after reading some bs in media or seeing certain player perform poor for a while. Its a fact that Costa has brought plenty of good to Chelsea, the club I supported through most of my life. There are plenty of celebrations and joy surrounding my memories of Costa, something Im not willing to ditch just because media stirs the shit. That goes for every player I supported or shared positive/negative opinion. It has to convince me otherway to change it, or I will stick to it. 

Im certainly not the guy you can sell me something I already have opinion on

Now, indeed I also never believed Costa could be such a dick that media makes him look like, but I may just be biased towards Costa in this case. 

I said many times Im fine though with selling Costa, for benefit of club as he is unstable, if we find equaly good or better striker. What got into me is the shit some people throw at Costa after all the good he did for this club.

Obviously if he is actualy acting like a dick that media shows him, then so be it, Im wrong about him and needs to leave asap. We can point out on Conte for messaging?! Costa he doesnt count on him no longer too, but obviously Costa is making unnecessary circus around whole situation that is hurting club. I would say both sides have done mistake. 

However Im still waiting for an answer, a proof that Costa indeed wanted to go to China after he recently said that was not an option because he wants to play in WC, yet everyone ignoring that and keeps saying he started playing bad in january because we didnt allow him to leave to china and on top he apparently hates Chelsea, despite clearly showing on pitch he cares for the club. 

The only thing proven was his desire to return to Atletico which was interviewed. He also said he likes Chelsea alot, but not London. Is that something so hard to understand? Every footballer is a human too, just because he gets millions, doesnt mean he must act all professional when his personal life in London doesnt suit him at all. If thats the case sell him and be done with. 

On current matter, he is showing once again he is a loose cannon and we need to sell him, but honestly you dont text someone after 3 years that you dont need him. If it was me, I wouldnt take it calmly either. The situation was badly dealt by both Costa and Conte (or the board). 

Conte spent enough time tiptoeing around Costa's ego, so I don't see a reason to highlight any shortcoming of our manager at all.

[The Skipper 20,609]

51 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

Mate...Costa's only been here for 3 seasons. And he's only ever wanted to leave during the 3'rd season...Yes, once at the start of it, and now the two most recent attempts (Jan, and following). But mind, the only bit that was ever confirmed by the player himself was the move he tried to make before the start of the season.

I'm not making Costa to be innocent...I'm pretty sure there's more than meets the eye, and Conte wouldn't have just texted the player in such a naive manner. My point is, this is just the baggage that we have to deal with when having Costa...For all these antics of his, I still don't think we should hasten his departure without making sure we have good cover for his position.

The thing is, you're pretending that Didier didn't get abuse for it, when he did. 

[Bernard N Y Burgesson 139]

1 hour ago, Blue Armour said:

Mate...Costa's only been here for 3 seasons. And he's only ever wanted to leave during the 3'rd season...Yes, once at the start of it, and now the two most recent attempts (Jan, and following). But mind, the only bit that was ever confirmed by the player himself was the move he tried to make before the start of the season.

I'm not making Costa to be innocent...I'm pretty sure there's more than meets the eye, and Conte wouldn't have just texted the player in such a naive manner. My point is, this is just the baggage that we have to deal with when having Costa...For all these antics of his, I still don't think we should hasten his departure without making sure we have good cover for his position.

Nope your mistaken. He has done this every summer but this season he crossed the line. He did it at the beginning, the middle and the end

[mashimaru161 77]

I love how some people conveniently ignore all sort of troubles costa has caused this season and the fact that he has been talking how he want to leave this club since last summer.

But hey, it's conte fault for going out of his way to send a wishing messages to all players to which costa replied with a completely unnecessary "mind your own bussiness". It's conte fault that he lost his temper right there and said what most members in this forum wanted to since Jan "fuck off". So it's perfectly reasonable for him to broke the professional code of "what happened in dress room, stay in dress room" and speak out in public. All because he can score 20 goals!

what a wonderfully twisted logic I've read. But the media could have make this all up! what could I possibly know?

Though I do agree that conte should learn by now that there are some kind of people not deserved to treat with honesty.

[DDA 9,938]

Just nip this bollox in the bud and sell him pronto. It is absolutely baffling tjat any Chelsea supporter would want him to stay after the way he has acted whilst wearing the badge. Walking around the pitch like he doesn't give a flying fuck when our season was far from over. He thinks he can hold us to ransom with his constant threats... fuck off with that shit. Absolute disgrace.

[BlueStorm1003 539]

I must admit I never expected this sort of shit to happen. 

This will hurt our image badly.

I certainly don't want Diego to leave if I only look at it from a footballing standpoint, as he is a great striker (for half a season, then he magically disappears). But all thing considered, he has to go. He has acted like a complete cunt. Seriously, the manager asks for them to stay fit, which is completely normal, and Costa can't just say "Sure boss"?. Be professional FFS. No player is bigger than the club, and this bloke is not an exception to the rule.

I can see why some would have him stay. Yes, he can be an excellent striker, but if he acts like this, you seriously can't expect him to play well for us. I just hope that this shit is over with as soon as possible and that we can get a proper replacement.

[Sideshow Luiz 2,310]

What's with the narrative that Conte's text will cost the club millions?  Diego airing the dirty laundry in public may cost us millions.

 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

1 hour ago, mashimaru161 said:

I love how some people conveniently ignore all sort of troubles costa has caused this season and the fact that he has been talking how he want to leave this club since last summer.

But hey, it's conte fault for going out of his way to send a wishing messages to all players to which costa replied with a completely unnecessary "mind your own bussiness". It's conte fault that he lost his temper right there and said what most members in this forum wanted to since Jan "fuck off". So it's perfectly reasonable for him to broke the professional code of "what happened in dress room, stay in dress room" and speak out in public. All because he can score 20 goals!

what a wonderfully twisted logic I've read. But the media could have make this all up! what could I possibly know?

Though I do agree that conte should learn by now that there are some kind of people not deserved to treat with honesty.

If he suddenly played shit and didnt give a damn after january failed sale to wherever, why didnt he play shit since summer when he wanted to return to Atletico and we didnt let him go? 

Why did he put BEST six months at Chelsea?

All you guys are throwing is china left china right, he doesnt give a shit about chelsea blah blah blah...where is any evidence? 

Dont start with Atletico talk because man also said he still loves Chelsea, is it impossible to like two clubs at same time?

He isnt commited longterm? So what? Chelsea sells him if he wants and thats it. Doesnt mean he didnt try his best here.

Or is it just easier to make excuse why he played poor by saying we didnt sell him and now he is pissed? It doesnt change the fact he played bad, but it changes the perspective, the perspective why some hate him this much.

Did he look like he dislikes chelsea when we celebrated the title? Or when we were losing in Fa final? Or when he scored the last few goals? 

Yes he wanted to leave, yes the recent behaviour is not acceptable, but you just throw everything in one basket, like some others. 

Indeed its for the best he leaves, moreso after recent events, but you making him look like biggest twat is bollocks.

Before january, none (except for 1 or 2) of you guys said anything bad about him. Best striker this best striker that. He catches poor second half form, like every fucking other season he played, the media throws some bullshit china rumours (they did bid, but Costa himself said he never wanted there), yet some smart people suddenly thought he wanted to leave, now he is playing crap intentionaly. Just brilliant. Because he said he would like to return to atletico, doesnt mean he would love to fuck off to china in order to leave chelsea ffs or tried to ruin season by playing bad intentionaly.

Conte is probably looking to sell him because he isnt commited to Chelsea and since he is a lose cannon, like he always was and thats it. No theories, no bullshit.

But media, you guys and now Costa and Chelsea club is making this whole thing much bigger than it is. 

I would get it if he went into fight with coach or players (the incident with staff was quickly over, apologised), but he is in great relationship with teammates. Or if he went to our rival. 

Nah, media said he wanted to go to china, so yeah he tried to fuck us because he doesnt give a shit. Media also said chelsea signed messi and pigs fly. 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

7 minutes ago, Sideshow Luiz said:

What's with the narrative that Conte's text will cost the club millions?  Diego airing the dirty laundry in public may cost us millions.

 

It should be decided in person, at club quarters, not over phone on holidays or international duty. 

Sure Costa should react professionaly, but seriously everyone should know Costa would do exactly what he did in such case.

You dont hand over a gun to a killer and expect he wont shoot you.

[mashimaru161 77]

Oh yes, it's us, conte, the club, the media that force him to speak out in public and creat what a mess right now. You just totally ignored how unprofessional he is now because of a text message. Need I remind you who feeds the media?

4 minutes ago, BlueLyon said:

It should be decided in person, at club quarters, not over phone on holidays or international duty. 

Sure Costa should react professionaly, but seriously everyone should know Costa would do exactly what he did in such case.

You dont hand over a gun to a killer and expect he wont shoot you.

What the actual fuck? Conte send him a wishing well message, then he said something bs that make conte lost his temper. Conte never plan for any of this shit. Instead of talking to the club in private, he goes and make this mess now. You just do exactly what I accuse you of, Selective ignorance. He did get into heated argument with conte several times, during the match, in january...

I'm not going to play with your ridiculous victim blaming game now, mate. Because No matter how much you hate someone, do not freaking shoot others in the first place.

[Sideshow Luiz 2,310]

16 minutes ago, BlueLyon said:

It should be decided in person, at club quarters, not over phone on holidays or international duty. 

Sure Costa should react professionaly, but seriously everyone should know Costa would do exactly what he did in such case.

You dont hand over a gun to a killer and expect he wont shoot you.

That's true, it's a 2 way street and Conte didn't handle his side very well.  

I don't actually think any of this has cost us millions.  Not selling in January has cost us millions.  But, I get why it wasn't done at the time.