Chelsea agree £32m fee with Atletico Madrid for Diego Costa

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Infra-red said:
In terms of 'ifs' that one is about as big as they get.
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Henrik Larsson said:
This is seriously frightening.

I'd take Dzeko over Diego Costa anyday probably. But Costa is great, so Chelsea buying them both is a really worst case scenario. Seriously, this can not happen. What if they would start the season with Dzeko, Diego Costa and Lukaku as their strike force?
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I think that's entirely possible. Biggest stumbling block is obviously whether or not City would sell to a direct rival. With only a year left on his contract they may not want to lose him for nothing next year, but then again this is City so what the feck do they care about cash?

The physical monsters in Costa & Lukaku alone is pretty frightening. But I think all 3 of Eto'o, Ba, and Torres are gone so I'd be surprised if they don't buy another forward in addition to Costa.
 
Surprised they didn't go in for Cavani. Just as physical, tenacious, industrial and far less dirty. Probably a bit more of a polished striker too. Maybe the price put em off? Money hasn't really been an issue for them in the past.
 
That's a great deal for that price. I'm just concerned that Woodward will try to upstage Chelsea by making a run at Cavani which is unnecessary.
 
He wont flop, the way this Mourinho Chelsea plays is suited to him. He would flop if he came to a more technical side like Arsenal or City, but this Chelsea side will suit him brilliantly. feck sake, not that I wanted him
 
DWelbz19 said:
Surprised they didn't go in for Cavani. Just as physical, tenacious, industrial and far less dirty. Probably a bit more of a polished striker too. Maybe the price put em off? Money hasn't really been an issue for them in the past.
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Well Ibra is almost 33, so PSG and Cavani might expect Cavani getting more and more playtime as a CF, taking over completely in a year, or perhaps two years. PSG is doing really well and don't need the money, so they might not want to let him go unless Chelsea pays more than PSG paid to Napoli, and in that case, Costa could be the better value buy and all.
 
DWelbz19 said:
Surprised they didn't go in for Cavani. Just as physical, tenacious, industrial and far less dirty. Probably a bit more of a polished striker too. Maybe the price put em off? Money hasn't really been an issue for them in the past.
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Dont think PSG will sell, as they have stated a few times already.
 
Orc said:
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I think that's entirely possible. Biggest stumbling block is obviously whether or not City would sell to a direct rival. With only a year left on his contract they may not want to lose him for nothing next year, but then again this is City so what the feck do they care about cash?

The physical monsters in Costa & Lukaku alone is pretty frightening. But I think all 3 of Eto'o, Ba, and Torres are gone so I'd be surprised if they don't buy another forward in addition to Costa.
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Depending on the FFP punishment, possible fine, homegrown rule hanging over them and the CL squad cut down, they may have to make some unpopular moves, like selling a few players they otherwise wouldn't. If Dzeko doesn't agree a new deal, he may be sold.
 
antihenry said:
Depending on the FFP punishment, possible fine, homegrown rule hanging over them and the CL squad cut down, they may have to make some unpopular moves, like selling a few players they otherwise wouldn't. If Dzeko doesn't agree a new deal, he may be sold.
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I also imagine clubs like Dortmund being very interested in Dzeko and City might not be willing to strengthen rivals, might be too tough for Chelsea to get him.
 
Kazi said:
£32m is a very good price for Costa but there are a number of other strikers I'm happy Chelsea aren't bringing in instead. They could have done better quality-wise, but still a very good bit of business if true.
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It's obviously true.
 
Raoul said:
Already paid for through the Mata deal. Plus they will likely offload Torres.
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Didn't the Mata transfer pay for Matic and Salah? I think Luiz might be offloaded too so the money from his transfer will go towards the Costa deal.

It's still a good deal when you look at the prices strikers go for in today's market.
 
Raoul said:
Already paid for through the Mata deal. Plus they will likely offload Torres.
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Torres and Ba will be worth at least £10m I'd imagine so that's another nice chunk. Mikel is rumored to be sold and he'll get them a nice fee. Cole and Eto'o are on massive wages and they'll be off the books too. Chelsea and Barca have apparently "agreed a fee" north of £30m for Luiz.

They may be able to buy 2-3 world class players with little to no net spend. They have a world class keeper coming back (you'd assume) and a 15-20 goal scoring striker returning as well as a backup to Costa. As long as Costa hits the ground running and they buy the creative midfielder they desperately need that's one hell of a side.

.............Costa.............
Hazard.....Oscar......Willian
....New CM.......Matic........
New LB..Terry...Cahill..Azpi
............Courtois..............

That's a fecking good side.
 
Braga get 20% from that deal. Not bad for someone who played 7 matches for them.
 
Ruht said:
Didn't the Mata transfer pay for Matic and Salah? I think Luiz might be offloaded too so the money from his transfer will go towards the Costa deal.

It's still a good deal when you look at the prices strikers go for in today's market.
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Could be, even so their net spending will be less than in previous years given that several players will be leaving. They could still buy another player or two in addition to Costa and not have it look like they've spent as much as in previous years.
 
Ruht said:
Didn't the Mata transfer pay for Matic and Salah? I think Luiz might be offloaded too so the money from his transfer will go towards the Costa deal.

It's still a good deal when you look at the prices strikers go for in today's market.
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Matic + Salah cost them a total of £32m.

Remember they also sold De Bruyne in January. Mata + De Bruyne were sold for a total of about £55m.
 
Orc said:
Torres and Ba will be worth at least £10m I'd imagine so that's another nice chunk. Mikel is rumored to be sold and he'll get them a nice fee. Cole and Eto'o are on massive wages and they'll be off the books too. Chelsea and Barca have apparently "agreed a fee" north of £30m for Luiz.

They may be able to buy 2-3 world class players with little to no net spend. They have a world class keeper coming back (you'd assume) and a 15-20 goal scoring striker returning as well as a backup to Costa. As long as Costa hits the ground running and they buy the creative midfielder they desperately need that's one hell of a side.

.............Costa.............
Hazard.....Oscar......Willian
....New CM.......Matic........
New LB..Terry...Cahill..Azpi
............Courtois..............

That's a fecking good side.
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That's true. I also imagine we'll see Ivanovic at CB in front of Terry. Salah and Shurrle will probably look better next season. I look at your starting xi and can't help but think that they are one Vidal away from becoming favorites for the PL and CL next season.
 
MDFC Manager said:
Dont think PSG will sell, as they have stated a few times already.
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With all the rumours of him coming to us, I imagined they were ready to chuck him out. Have they come out recently saying they aren't selling him?
 
In terms of balancing value and quality for a striker, Costa is the best that Chelsea could do at £32 million. He's been one of the best strikers this season in Europe (even if it's his first season in double figures), keeping up with Ronaldo and Messi in the goalcharts which is no easy feat. The two main world class strikers that come to mind that I could see moving are the two bigges (27 years old) who hasn't had a stellar season out wide but would cost another £50 million. So they are effectively buying a striker who is 2 years younger for at least £20 million less. The only thing going against him that isn't going against these two is his consistency: Cavani was tearing up Serie A for 4 years straight, whilst Falcao did it both in Porto and in Spain for the same length of time whilst Costa has only had one stellar season.
 
I hope 32 million is his release clause, I was just about to complain about how other clubs always seem to get better deals than we do!
 
Ryan's Beard said:
There's something to this I think. Atletico play incredibly well as a team but you'd be pushed to pick out any of their players that are individually on the same level as the whole. (Koke aside, maybe?). How well he'll do under Moureen is up for debate.

Still, 32m is a bargain for him given how well he's played for them.
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He looks like he has all the attributes to succeed in the PL - strong, direct and not shy to get stuck in. Looks like he isn't afraid to graft a bit either.

He'll have to curb the diving and play acting or he'll end up a marked man and a lot of the fouls he gets in Spain he won't get here.

Reminds me of a bit of a Drogba - possible rough diamond if he can adapt.
 
Vato1979 said:
I bet most Spanish defenders are happy this absolute lunatic is moving on.
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He will be even more hated than Suarez. He is a nice fit for a Mourinho team but he will have a terrible time with english game enviroment and the refs.
 
Assuming he's not a one-season wonder, that would actually be a decent fee for him. The wages being reported seem excessive, but that's football. I do question the timing of these reports though. Atletico still have two massive games left this season; a league decided against Barca and the Champions League final against Real. Poor form for Chelsea to make their move now in these circumstances and I can't imagine Atletico are too happy.
 
Infra-red said:
Think he might have a dip, away from Simeone.
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I sort of see him in two lights and I can't decide which seems the most likely. Either he's the ultimate vessel for the Simeone character and style, one of those perfect matches of manager and player that you see every now and then, and when he's under someone else he won't have that extra yard of motivation, that extra degree of concentration which makes him special. Or, that bullish brilliance he's shown this season is completely innate to his character, and now that it's come to fruition he'll be a monster no matter where he's playing or for whom.
 
Henrik Larsson said:
This is seriously frightening.

I'd take Dzeko over Diego Costa anyday probably. But Costa is great, so Chelsea buying them both is a really worst case scenario. Seriously, this can not happen. What if they would start the season with Dzeko, Diego Costa and Lukaku as their strike force?
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These things aren't ever quite the same in real life as they are on paper. We beat City to the title comfortably when they had Aguero and Dzeko, and Aguero's certainly no worse than Costa. You don't measure a strike force by just looking at how good the strikers were at their last clubs and adding them together.

To start with, Mourinho would only play one of them at a time. So it's not like you'd have to line up against both. And we all know how being constantly rotated or benched will feck with a striker's form and attitude.
 
FortBoyard said:
It's not a byword for a contradiction.

It's when the brain adjusts it's interpretation of what it believed to be true in light of new information. The famous example being a cult who believed that the world would end, when this didn't happen instead of ditching their beliefs they deemed themselves not worthy. The brain coped by reducing dissonance between these two concepts.

If he said he was perfect for the premiership and Chelsea, then he flopped, then he blamed mourinhos tactics that'd be closer. Seeing as he is just predicting future events it doesn't apply.
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"In psychology, cognitive dissonance is the excessive mental stress and discomfort[1] experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time."

It's the metal effect on a person of believing a contradiction, so I disagree.
 
Imagine if he flopped? I don't think that the Chelsea fans could take another high profile striker turn to shit at their club. :lol:
 
Cracking signing, this. With the reported selling of Luiz, it looks like Mourinho has got his head screwed on in regards to the way he wants his squad to look come September. This Summer is going to be mental.
 
I don't really trust him to be a huge success at Chelsea really. Better than their current options but for £32m you want a superstar striker and I have doubts over whether he can be that for them. Wonder what it means for Lukaku as well
 
United22 said:
He wont flop, the way this Mourinho Chelsea plays is suited to him. He would flop if he came to a more technical side like Arsenal or City, but this Chelsea side will suit him brilliantly. feck sake, not that I wanted him
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I agree with everything you have said. He is a Mourinho striker.
 
Wonder what Atlectico would give us for Hernandez
 
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Orc said:
.............Costa.............
Hazard.....Oscar......Willian
....New CM.......Matic........
New LB..Terry...Cahill..Azpi
............Courtois..............

That's a fecking good side.
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Strong favorites for next season for me (as long as they buy a decent CM or Van Ginkel turns out to be as good as his backers suggest) with Mourinho ready to turn them from hard to defeat to heard to stop, too.

Even a decent but unspectacular 8 like Paulinho (who they're rumoured to get) would help them since Ramires can't pass and Lampard can't run.
 
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