Spike 12,049 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 So what is this guy good at? What does he bring to the team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray 9,441 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 So what is this guy good at? What does he bring to the team?I would have him on the right wing. Still, can he do it in the EPL with a manager that kinda wants immediate impact on the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueGuy 1,552 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Well he is at least capable of doing this...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKe8263CAes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Would be fun having 2 Costas and 2 Hazards on the pitch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadavTKL 1,787 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Chelsea have received sufficient encouragement to believe there is scope for further negotiation for Douglas Costa (Guardian) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I have not seen more of him than the odds CL game but it strikes me that those Shaktor players also only work in Donezk. Yes they beat us and dominated us at the bridge but that was a Chelsea side with Victor Moses, Fernando Torres and a Mikel/over the hill Lampard/Ramires pivot. IMO this douglas costa is as overrated and vastly overpriced as Willian whose purchase I considered unnecessary in the first place, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNDS 502 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 So what is this guy good at? What does he bring to the team?The good: He's fast, a good dribbler with excellent ball control who is very willing to take on his man (more agile and direct than Willian), a good passer of the ball, has decent vision, takes a good free-kick, is effective when pressing, can cut inside from the right onto his stronger left foot, will probably be happy to play a squad role here.The bad: Currently very inconsistent, not much of a goalscorer from open play, doesn't send crosses in from the right regularly (he's pretty one-footed), untested at playing the highest levels consistently (although he has performed very well for Shakhtar in the CL for the last two seasons), isn't world-class or worth 30M pounds .As a 20M-ish replacement for Salah (who might get us 12M from Roma either now or in the summer) he might work out for us. As I've mentioned on one of these threads already, he will probably be a better fit with our style of play than Salah has been. Will it happen, though? Probably (hopefully) not if the rumoured asking price is being reported correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 The good: He's fast, a good dribbler with excellent ball control who is very willing to take on his man (more agile and direct than Willian), a good passer of the ball, has decent vision, takes a good free-kick, is effective when pressing, can cut inside from the right onto his stronger left foot, will probably be happy to play a squad role here.The bad: Currently very inconsistent, not much of a goalscorer from open play, doesn't send crosses in from the right regularly (he's pretty one-footed), untested at playing the highest levels consistently (although he has performed very well for Shakhtar in the CL for the last two seasons), isn't world-class or worth 30M pounds .As a 20M-ish replacement for Salah (who might get us 12M from Roma either now or in the summer) he might work out for us. As I've mentioned on one of these threads already, he will probably be a better fit with our style of play than Salah has been. Will it happen, though? Probably (hopefully) not if the rumoured asking price is being reported correctly.I am very familiar with his game when he was a youngster at Gremio trying to break through. Coaches did not like him much back then as he was completely incapable of tracking back much less defend. I have not been following his development, so I have no reason to doubt what you wrote above. He's a bit lightweight and short, so he could physically struggle in the PL.Though he's always had a fantastic shot from distance and could score goals from nowhere; Salah has a lot more pace though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,578 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Chelsea have offered €24m for Brazilian and Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Douglas Costa. (OJogo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacika 188 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 He is no better than Salah anyway... I am not excited about him at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Unbelievable, he's a leftfooted willian. He won't take the game to the opposition even with the good technique he has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,887 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 douglas costa 35 goals and 38 assists in 186 total appearances for Shakhtar Donetsk not bad at allActually pretty awful to be fair. Having 35 goals and 38 assists in close to 200 games in a piss poor league?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero 1,876 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanishBlue 426 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Rather Cuadrado than this guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterfall 893 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Unbelievable, he's a leftfooted willian. He won't take the game to the opposition even with the good technique he has.Left-footed Willian would be awesome because right-footed Willian struggles on the right wing with his one-footedness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseah100 5,612 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Reported for racismWtf... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,394 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Chelsea open talks with Shakhtar Donetsk over Douglas Costa as Juan Cuadrado bid stalls Chelsea are believed to have submitted a bid of €25 million (£18.7 m) after baulking at Fiorentina’s refusal to lower their €35m (£26.2 m) asking price for Juan Cuadradohttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/11367868/Chelsea-transfer-news-Club-open-talks-with-Shakhtar-Donetsk-over-Douglas-Costa-as-Juan-Cuadrado-bid-stalls.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles 9,790 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Another average Brazilian to add to the collection It's just a shame that Chelsea's desire to sign Brazilians has coincided with the country's poorest generation in decades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supermonkey92 1,428 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 he wont add anything except take a seat on the bench. lightweight, but to the point is not a very good player. slightly above average but knows how to make himself look like a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azul 1,615 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Schurrle >> Douglas Costa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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