Diego Costa

[didierforever 7,349]

Did anyone watch him play today?

Was suspended.

[yuvala 2,167]

Was there anything to watch? He didn't play

Was suspended.

Oh, didn't know.

thanks .

[Jusek 2,031]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZF4TOUlrPw

[YouNameIt 1,511]

Just to remind everyone who seems to have forgotten some key facts.

Diego Costa has 41 goals & 14 assists in his last three seasons in La Liga, and for one of those he was not even playing as a striker. For another, he was playing in Rayo which is not exactly a top team. He has also scored and provided assists (and had some of his better games) against teams likes Real, Barcelona or Sociedad in the league. In CL he has scored against Porto and Milan (and others), teams that might not be the absolute elite but that are still worth mentioning.

Many of those goals have come from sheer will as much as anything else.

He has brute strength, he can finish, he can pass, he has an amazing work rate, is a team player, can head the ball well and is great off the ball.

Why exactly would he be a bad purchase? There is a difference between there being better strikers in the world, and there being better strikers available for a reasonable price.

He does not have a serious injury that could threaten his impact in the league, he still has his best years ahead of him, he is versatile in terms of positioning and would cost £32m which is very reasonable.

Forget Mandzukic, Falcao or Cavani. This is the only striker that we need to buy. Costa and Lukaku would be an excellent set of strikers, the best one we have had for quite a long time. Add Shaw and Gundogan (if MVG does not recover) and there is no limit to what our very young squad can accomplish.

Statistics can make Torres look like a top striker. Thats the beauty of numbers..

Costa is a cunt. Wouldnt want him here even for 10m.

[Rekin 835]

Statistics can make Torres look like a top striker. Thats the beauty of numbers..

Costa is a cunt. Wouldnt want him here even for 10m.

Which numbers make Torres seem like a top striker?

No one is just showing one aspect while hiding another, statistics can be very revealing if you know how to use them.

[Strike 7,478]

Statistics can make Torres look like a top striker. Thats the beauty of numbers..

Costa is a cunt. Wouldnt want him here even for 10m.

if not Costa, then who? there are very few options

[lucio 5,418]

https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/4A622D8F511055258147654336512_1d044b18703.4.8.11157944738127948196.mp4?versionId=cR_taX51CJQYWo5oYcgCNaYohuqilF16

inb4 lame cunt/one season wonder comments.

[The only place to be 11,313]

He's in that very special place where he just finishes without thinking about it. Very direct, very hard-working and strong. Needs to cut out the diving but he's performed very well.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Those of you calling for Manduzvic, can you now see how overrated he is? Never rated him at all.

[MGuerreiro 252]

Just scored again, in off the post. Really like the look of him. Also I haven't noticed any of his "cunt-iness" that people have been raving around. Balotelli on the other hand has been whining about everything.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

The only top quality striker out there that we have a realistic chance of signing. I still haven't heard any noises from his people that he wants to leave though. Unless we make Atletico an offer they can't refuse.

[duo11bluecl 207]

The only top quality striker out there that we have a realistic chance of signing. I still haven't heard any noises from his people that he wants to leave though. Unless we make Atletico an offer they can't refuse.

£32m release clause, we will get him.

[duo11bluecl 207]

Mandzukic for 20m-25m or Costa 32m? I know who we should get...

[Toli 977]

Those of you calling for Manduzvic, can you now see how overrated he is? Never rated him at all.

oh and by the looks of it, you could also say that ribery is overrated and probably robben too. really logical to judge a player by 1 game. maybe you look up Mandzukics stats?

Costa is a good striker. dont think that he is worth 32 m though. but seems to be our only realistic target...

[duo11bluecl 207]

Ancelotti explained it best. chelsea don't look to release the striker to run on goal like Liverpool do. one of the reasons why strikers don't score for fun at chelsea

Kind of hard seeing as many of the strikers played for us over the year never had that amazing pace. We never had a Aguero, a Liverpool Torres, a Messi, a Ronaldo, a Benzema, Suarez and so on...to play like that. We had Sturridge but AVB always played him on the wing and Robbie was an idiot for dropping him completely. He could have been the one for us but ah well