Wolves have declared the signing of Diego Costa – a two-time Leading League winner with Chelsea – the Brazil-born Spain worldwide returning to England right after 5 yrs absent.
Under no circumstances a single to shy away from conflict, Costa scored 59 goals in 120 games for Chelsea, firing the Blues to Premier League titles in 2015 and 2017 in advance of returning to Atletico Madrid in 2018.
Though Wolves and Chelsea will not have the most significant rivalry, the method of the announcement of his arrival a Molyneux experienced even the battling striker anxious.
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— Wolves (@Wolves) September 12, 2022
Wolves posted a movie to social media in which Costa was recorded keeping three wolves again with chains – not something 62 yellow and 3 profession crimson playing cards can get ready you for.
“I was fearful to loss of life,” the 33-yr-previous stated immediately after signing his one particular-yr deal. “Holding that chain I retained pondering, ‘What if this wolf thinks about jumping on top of me?’ and then the a few of them did!”
Costa: ‘done for!’
“Due to the fact the woman coaching them stored contacting them, asked them to go all around a minor and the puppy, the wolves didn’t do a solitary detail. And I assumed, ‘If they’re not carrying out anything with the trainer, if they come’… when they came and smelled my foot, I realized I was completed for.
“I was a minimal scared then. Those were wolves, not dogs. It was a amazing encounter but not a very at ease just one. I have 5 canines, but they are not wolves!”
Costa was signed just after Sasa Kalajdzic – a €17.3 million summer season arrival from VfB Stuttgart – ruptured his cruciate ligament.
The striker hasn’t played aggressive football since December just after terminating his deal with Brazilian Serie A aspect Atletico Mineiro, but he says he is in good shape and completely ready.
“What the fans can count on from me is determination, willingness, self-discipline and goals which is what I will try to convey to the crew. I thank them for all the support and all the rely on.”
