Diego Costa

[Special Juan 28,123]

Official?

No. Just Sky Sports sources for the moment.

[Henrique 9,133]

interesting to see how he gets along with the brazilian contingent !

Whats special about that?

[didierforever 7,349]

Official?

hope not. ATM have to play 2 finals in the coming 10 days. their players should be totally concentrating on that. and we should respect that and no do what munich did to bvb last season with the gotze transfer.

[Beigl 1,387]

His wages will still be massive (seen £185k a week being quoted) so overall he will only be a little cheaper than Torres and we will be fucked if he turns out a flop.

But yeah, on paper £32m will still look 'better' than £50m and hopefully it will mean less pressure on the lad.

Diego can handle the pressure,remember the two minutes he wasted before his pen against us?

Torres on the other side is just a little girl who is afraid of responsibilties..

[Jype 6,398]

remember the two minutes he wasted before his pen against us?

I don't actually, I was already too intoxicated at that point.

Anyway, the mental aspect of the game certainly seems to be one of Costa's strengths and in that respect he's like the complete opposite of Torres.

[Styles 9,790]

Diego can handle the pressure,remember the two minutes he wasted before his pen against us?

Torres on the other side is just a little girl who is afraid of responsibilties..

The character alone will be a massive upgrade. That's one thing I admire about players like Costa who have had a relatively unconventional rise to elite level, especially when compared to poster-boys like Torres who have been pampered since they were in their teens. It's the same thing with Drogba playing Ligue 2 in his early twenties, these guys have strength of mind you will never see in Torres. When Torres lost form he became an empty shell of man and was sulking non-stop, compare that to Drogba who even when his legs were gone still affected games and put himself about. If I had a pound for every time I've said 'man up' when watching Torres I'd be a millionaire.

[bababoom 4,478]

Cech

Azpilicueta, Cahill, Terry, Cole/ New LB

Oscar/Willian, New CM, Matic, Hazard

Diego Costa, Lukaku

The most free-scoring teams of the past 3 seasons, us, Liverpool and Man City have done so playing with two strikers. Now that we have Matic at the base, a player who covers every blade of grass, an ever reliable defense and the prospect of having both Costa and Lukaku, this is an option Jose HAS to at least consider. Playing two strikers means you give the bus-parking teams that come to Stamford Bridge two monsters to think about. I can't see to many teams being able to shut-out both those players for 90 mins.

I'm very excited at the prospect of a flat 4-4-2 in home matches against lesser teams especially.

As you said, we could play that way against the smaller sides who park the bus, but against the big sides we need a two man midfield. Also Liverpool don't play in a 4-4-2, same with City. Suarez does a lot of the work while Sturridge stays forward, same with Aguero and Negredo. The good thing about this signing is that Costa can play as a second striker, he works extremely hard for the team, especially last season when he did all the dirty work for Falcao.

[toojunk 19]

What's this bullsh*t about Lukaku being included in the deal?

[Matterz 67]

What's this bullsh*t about Lukaku being included in the deal?

It's exactly that, 'Bullsh*t' and nothing more...Costa has a buyout clause, so there really is no reason why they would be 'negotiating'

[cadenza666 221]

Spurs DID agree a deal, Moutinho just didn't want to play for them

still believe it will happen mate,

but stranger shit has happened in the past aka Robinho and now we have PSG (who if they sell Cavani to United might go for him) and Monaco (cant see Berbatov being their long term striker and Falcao is just recovering from an ACL - recovery time, etc.)

From the Guardian -

"Costa, who shares his agent, Jorge Mendes, with Mourinho, will need some persuading to move to the Premier League but is expected to be swayed."

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/13/diego-costa-chelsea-transfer-atletico-madrid

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Cavani to United

Lol !

[cadenza666 221]

Lol !

just basing it on this in the Guardian, they will spend big, Cavani is clearly unhappy playing on the wing, FFP sanctions on PSG ! still unlikely

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/apr/23/manchester-united-edinson-cavani-cesc-fabregas

[Severinb 309]

Hope we get him great player. Am I the only one who is worried about his temper. And the spitting in his hands an touching defenders faces with his spit hands wtf?!. Storys like that make me wonder if I really want him after my 2 years of hating suarez and acting like I dont want players like him at chelsea!

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

just basing it on this in the Guardian, they will spend big, Cavani is clearly unhappy playing on the wing, FFP sanctions on PSG ! still unlikely

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/apr/23/manchester-united-edinson-cavani-cesc-fabregas

Champions League, sir. If he would like to get some playing time in his natural position and money doesn't matter for him, then surely he will choose club that qualified in Champions League at least, MU will be in the bottom of his list for sure.

[Alan Partridge 1,124]

Hope we get him great player. Am I the only one who is worried about his temper. And the spitting in his hands an touching defenders faces with his spit hands wtf?!. Storys like that make me wonder if I really want him after my 2 years of hating suarez and acting like I dont want players like him at chelsea!

One of those players that will win us games but possible lose us some by getting sent off

Jose is the right person to sort him out