Diego Costa

[Special Juan 27,424]

Mourinho biggest mistake this season was giving Costa too much credit. I mean, he was FAT in the start of the season. How can a professional start a season like that is beyond me.

I hope the Cavani rumors are correct.

I have personally wanted Cavani a long time ago, I think he ticks all the boxes and for me is a brilliant striker.

[El P. 1,354]

Great ball-playing striker is what we need. Would be good for evolution of our attacking play too. It just makes sense. Player like Aguero, Suarez.

From 2005. to 2012. we had physical squad - Ballack, Lampard, Essien, etc. and Drogba was great for that.

Now we have great ball-playing squad - Hazard, Willian, Fabregas, even Matić is not bad for a DMF so striker with good tech and dribbling would fit us great.

EDIT:

But not only dribbling/tech. He need to have other quality too. Either some of strength and height (Ibra-like), or some speed (Aguero, Suarez like).

[Rhino's Skin 972]

hmmm...see the 'bib' malarkey has been blown all out of proportion.

From him laughing with Mikel dropping it over his shoulder, it has turned into he threw the thing at the manager.

And as for the 'warm ups'...the manager did say that him and his staff controlled that and Costa did what was asked of him. Some other subs were also missing from pre match warm up.

Lots of mountains being made out of molehills here and even though Costa ain't no angel.....there seems to be a lot of buying into the media BS by jump on the bandwagon merchants on here.

No one except Chelsea staff knows what intentionally happened ref bib and missing warm up.....so until known facts come out, am afraid I will have to go by what the manager has said about Costa about the incidents...because at the moment, there is nothing else to go on

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Why are you guys so upset? Yes, he's a cunt, but he's OUR cunt!

Plus, this is just the type of player he is. This is how he gets himself fired up. If it weren't for this kind of behavior he wouldn't be half the player he is (which would be catastrophic because this season he's been a league two player at best).

:D

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Mourinho biggest mistake this season was giving Costa too much credit. I mean, he was FAT in the start of the season. How can a professional start a season like that is beyond me.

Definitely! 'Professional' player my ass, what justification is there for players reporting back for duty overweight? Their whole lifestyle should be catering for their physical requirements to be a footballer. They're paid thousands of pounds a week to do so!

[DDA 9,690]

Definitely! 'Professional' player my ass, what justification is there for players reporting back for duty overweight? Their whole lifestyle should be catering for their physical requirements to be a footballer. They're paid thousands of pounds a week to do so!

Goes to show how unprofessional Eden Hazard is too. He returns every season having ate all the pies!

[Starman60 1,343]

Have to say that Costa has me totally baffled........Last season he was scoring for fun, running off the ball, getting into dangerous positions, out-muscling defenders and hitting the target with at least a couple of dangerous shots per game. This season WTF!! Not scoring, can't be arsed to run into dangerous positions, has taken to assaulting defenders rather than challenge them, shots few and far between, and really looks like a guy who couldn't give a damn whether we win or lose. I get the feeling he doesn't see any of our other strikers as a serious threat to him. Well when he gets dropped and we replace him with a midfielder I can understand if that was how he feels. I also dont think we should read too much into what the papers say, but I personally was a bit dissapointed with him dropping his bib. I dont think he was throwing it at Mourinho but it didn't look good for a club professional to act so petulantly. How would it look if all the subs done that? The guy must realise that he is not cutting it and needs to improve. It's not personal (from Mourinho) but he was dropped because he is playing pure shite.When and if he gets back in the side he will need to prove that he can lead the attack. I watched him against Tel-Aviv and I thought he was awful and he deserved to be benched for the Spurs game, but to replace him with a midfielder sent out the wrong signal to him, the opposition and our supporters. If he had been replaced with a striker who perhaps scored he might see his positioned under threat. But to replace with with a midfielder and end up not scoring will not bother him one little bit. If anything he will feel that his place is now stronger as he wasn't replaced with a goalscorer, so has no-one to fear.

I can't figure out whether I want him to stay or go......But I would like to see him play to his full potential, respect the club, the manager, the jersey.....and the bib

[stroey 2,525]

Definitely! 'Professional' player my ass, what justification is there for players reporting back for duty overweight? Their whole lifestyle should be catering for their physical requirements to be a footballer. They're paid thousands of pounds a week to do so!

Exactly. Ronaldo is the best example of how a pro should behave.

Neymar changed his diet and look at him now, final 3 in the ballon d'or. Djokovic did the same since 2010 and since then he dominated tennis.

I truly think clubs should give these millionaire players personalized diet schedules of what they must eat, even in the summer.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

He'll be back. Although I would like Griezmann here I doubt Costa will be in this funk forever.

[stroey 2,525]

Chelsea have agreed to add a clause to Costa's contract which would allow him to return to Atlético for £28m in January. [Mundo Deportivo]

[Johnnyeye 7,440]

Why are you guys so upset? Yes, he's a cunt, but he's OUR cunt!

lol true.

[Johnnyeye 7,440]

Chelsea have agreed to add a clause to Costa's contract which would allow him to return to Atlético for £28m in January. [Mundo Deportivo]

If we do plan to sell him it will be in the summer so we can find a proper replacement in time. I still have hope that Costa can come back to his best again like last season when he was banging goals left and right, but i wished he could just stop his antics on the pitch and focuses solely on helping the team, scoring and creating goals, the FA have their pitchforks ready for him at anytime, he´s a marked man. Cheers.

[Johnnyeye 7,440]

Exactly. Ronaldo is the best example of how a pro should behave.

Neymar changed his diet and look at him now, final 3 in the ballon d'or. Djokovic did the same since 2010 and since then he dominated tennis.

I truly think clubs should give these millionaire players personalized diet schedules of what they must eat, even in the summer.

This happened to Costa, it´s Fabregas fault ...

[the wes 7,212]

Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo claim that Chelsea have agreed a clause in the contract of Diego Costa which would allow him to return to Atletico Madrid in the winter transfer window. The clause is for €40m/£28m and Mundo Deportivo say Atletico are evaluating whether to trigger it.

A €40m clause would sound very unlikely to us. Costa isn't having a good season but he certainly did last year and it would appear odd for Chelsea to allow such a contract stipulation. it's not a common thing for British clubs to include and the amount isn't high enough to have scared off other interest if Costa had done brilliantly well for Chelsea.

Just imagine if Costa had scored 30 goals last season and was on the way to more this season, only for Atletico to take him back for €40m, it doesn't add up.

Nevertheless, Mundo Deportivo say that's what the situation is.

Costa's strop at the weekend after warming up and face like a smacked behind won't have gone down well with Jose Mourinho, regardless of what he says publicly. Costa's on pitch antics are worth putting up with when he's scoring goals but if his attitude is questionable off the pitch, and he isn't scoring goals, it's not a great situation for Chelsea.

http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/topics/chelsea-agreed-28m-fee-for-january-transfer-evaluation-on-trigger

[1chelsea 864]

@the wes sorry but Alexandre Lacazette ticks what we want in a striker

[BlueLyon 9,359]

He misses Turan's kebabs.

[Lapo Blues 21]

Why are you guys so upset? Yes, he's a cunt, but he's OUR cunt!

Plus, this is just the type of player he is. This is how he gets himself fired up. If it weren't for this kind of behavior he wouldn't be half the player he is (which would be catastrophic because this season he's been a league two player at best).

:D

Yep, right.

If he is your C*NT, he's yours then.

Why should he be our C*nt? Take him away with you as far as north pole....

[Blue Armour 4,278]

Honestly with all the shit that's happened this season, I think fans should just let this one blow over and let it sort itself on its own.

Just when things seem to be on the way up, we don't need another thing to bog it down again.

Even though his attitude may have been nowhere near as bad, Drogba himself has done stuff that did more damage on the pitch than this would have. Stuff that is rightfully not given much importance these days, in comparison to his great acheivements. I feel that Costa's antics should also fall under that category