Atletico Madrid's Spanish striker Diego da Silva Costa commonly known as Diego Costa may be signed by English Premier League's Chelsea this summer.
The British press said Friday that after the second leg match in UEFA Champions League semis between Chelsea and Atletico Madrid on Wednesday which ended in a 3-1 Spanish triumph, directors of the London club, who gathered with Spanish team 'Atleti's directors, accepted to pay the minimum release fee of Diego Costa amounting to 32 million British pounds.
It is reported that Brazilian-born Spanish striker Costa, who will play for Spain in 2014 FIFA World Cup to be held in Brazil this summer, has agreed with English team's directors about the wage valued at 200,000 British pounds a week and signed a five-year-deal with London club Chelsea.
English sports website "Caughtoffside" claimed that Costa’s arrival would probably signal the end for one or two regular Chelsea strikers. This means at least one of the three strikers of the club, Fernando Torres, Samuel Eto’o and Demba Ba, will leave the club.
This season Atletico Madrid's 25-year-old Spanish striker Diego Costa scored 27 goals in 33 Spanish La Liga matches. Meanwhile, he managed to find the net eight times in eight UEFA Champions League games.
