Chelsea FC Sign Diego Costa To Five Year Contract
Chelsea FC announced on the club’s website that they have signed striker Diego Costa to a five year deal after his move from Atletico Madrid. The club announced that an agreement over his transfer fee was reached on July 1st but he has yet to be announced officially as a Chelsea player until today.
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It appears that Chelsea waited to do officially announce the Brazilian until a contract agreement was reached between Diego Costa and the club. The striker has yet to be unveiled in a Chelsea shirt but that is just a formality at this point and will likely occur after he returns from holiday.
Diego Costa on his move to Chelsea FC:
"“I am very happy to sign for Chelsea. Everybody knows it is a big club in a very competitive league, and I am very excited to get started in England with a fantastic coach and team-mates. Having played against Chelsea last season I know the high quality of the squad I am joining.I would like to thank everybody at Atletico who made me into the player I am, it was an incredible time for me, but now I am starting a new adventure and I hope to win many trophies with Chelsea.”Source: ChelseaFC.com"
Diego Costa boasts a very good goalscoring record of 64 goals in 134 appearances for Atletico Madrid with 34 of those goals coming just last season. He has a title-winning pedigree and is exactly the type of physical target man that Chelsea have been lacking since Didier Drogba’s departure in 2012. Costa also has a bit of a mean streak and is known for getting under the skin of opposing defenders. Hopefully he can hit the ground running and enjoy a short adjustment period to the Premier League after playing so well in Spain.
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