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Diego had a successful medical at Chelsea today. oh well.
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Spain striker Diego Costa has passed a medical at Chelsea ahead of a proposed £32m transfer from Atletico Madrid.
Chelsea met the buyout clause in the 25-year-old's contract with Atletico and he will now negotiate personal terms.
Costa scored 36 goals in 52 games for Atletico this season as they won their first La Liga title since 1996 and reached the Champions League final.
The Brazil-born forward is in Spain's World Cup squad.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said in May that the addition of a "killer" striker would be a key priority during the summer.
The London club scored 71 goals in the Premier League this season, 31 fewer than champions Manchester City, who finished four points ahead of them.
Chelsea strikers Samuel Eto'o, Fernando Torres and Demba Ba contributed a total of 19 of those in the league, with 33-year-old Eto'o, now a free agent, scoring nine of them.
"We have to try to win as a team, to improve as a team, but also add the attacking player with that killer instinct," Mourinho said last month.
Mourinho will hope that Costa will go some way towards addressing that problem having enjoyed a prolific campaign with Atletico.
Costa scored 27 goals in La Liga and only finished third behind Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo (31) and Barcelona's Lionel Messi (28) on the list of top goalscorers.
The striker also scored against Chelsea from the penalty spot in the semi-finals of the Champions League, one of his eight goals in the tournament, as Atletico came from behind to win 3-1 at Stamford Bridge.
Costa was born and raised in Brazil and made two friendly appearances for them last year before he became a naturalised Spaniard.
Chelsea met the buyout clause in the 25-year-old's contract with Atletico and he will now negotiate personal terms.
Costa scored 36 goals in 52 games for Atletico this season as they won their first La Liga title since 1996 and reached the Champions League final.
The Brazil-born forward is in Spain's World Cup squad.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said in May that the addition of a "killer" striker would be a key priority during the summer.
The London club scored 71 goals in the Premier League this season, 31 fewer than champions Manchester City, who finished four points ahead of them.
Chelsea strikers Samuel Eto'o, Fernando Torres and Demba Ba contributed a total of 19 of those in the league, with 33-year-old Eto'o, now a free agent, scoring nine of them.
"We have to try to win as a team, to improve as a team, but also add the attacking player with that killer instinct," Mourinho said last month.
Mourinho will hope that Costa will go some way towards addressing that problem having enjoyed a prolific campaign with Atletico.
Costa scored 27 goals in La Liga and only finished third behind Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo (31) and Barcelona's Lionel Messi (28) on the list of top goalscorers.
The striker also scored against Chelsea from the penalty spot in the semi-finals of the Champions League, one of his eight goals in the tournament, as Atletico came from behind to win 3-1 at Stamford Bridge.
Costa was born and raised in Brazil and made two friendly appearances for them last year before he became a naturalised Spaniard.
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Just don't, Absurdo!!
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Too obvious.
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Nawty0
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Initial WTF moment. Good stuff0
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Virgin.8
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Zzz4
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Thejoke that keeps on giving.0
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These are too obvious and not even funny any more.2
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Twice in a month he's joined Chelsea...must try harder0
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Too obvious.0
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Laugh; I nearly did0
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Yoda, you spoke like.Henry Irving said:Laugh; I nearly did
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Considering it was on the news all yesterday, It was obviously Costa #Fail0
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These get funnier and funnier and funnier and funnier and funnier!2
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We are not amused !0
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I really don't understand how anyone can have nothing better to do that start one of these threads. They are not funny and, in my view, make the poster look like a fool!0
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Laugh? I nearly paid my poll tax.0
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Are there really people with nothing better to do than to participate in threads that they don't approve of?0
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I hate it when people do things like that.
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I always fall for these0
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Fell for it.0
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Predictable, but good!
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Anyone who posts this type of thread is scum imo1













