Diego Costa

[Reece]

I'll take the Echo (and Guardian) reporting it as a good sign.

Brazilians

Spaniards

[Reece]

Who is Paul Joyce, Shaggy?

[little dave hedgehog]

I'll take the Echo (and Guardian) reporting it as a good sign.

Brazilians

Spaniards

[Shaggy]

Who is Paul Joyce, Shaggy?

Well connected Liverpool-based journo. Unfortunately for him I think he's stuck at the Express.

[marcus50bucks]

Not sure he's the kind of player we need but he's definitely talented.

[Chris]

Costa and Aspas v Shawcross, Huth and Andy Wilkinson on the opening day! Christ.

[Phoenix07]

Get in! Forget Soldado or Higuain, this player is tailor-made for us. For those who haven't watched Atletico on a regular basis, this is what I wrote about him in the Twitter thread.

Immense player. He's in the Tevez mould, harasses defenders with his pressing, good ball control and able to get past defenders with his pace.

He's ideal playing between the lines just off a front man, always able to find space and drive at defenders, but he is also capable of leading the line on his own. However, he's not shone at that role in terms of goals.

With our system of fluid attacking play, interchanging with Coutinho will be ejaculatory material. He'd be able to drop deep and rely on one of Sturridge, Aspas or Coutinho to move into the vacant forward space (depending on who plays). This is a much better transfer target who is suited for us than Soldado.

[spider-neil]

Biting people is so yesterday, flicking bogies is where it's at

[Fivex]

http://youtu.be/jTeVf0I_JmA

@20seconds.

Another cannibal.

[Reece]

Well connected Liverpool-based journo. Unfortunately for him I think he's stuck at the Express.

Ta

Time for us all to get our hopes our then before having them ultimately dashed when he opts to join a team in the CL

[Assassin]

Costa is a controversial figure in Spain with a chequered disciplinary record

FTW.

[spider-neil]

We're assembling a team of nutters

[little dave hedgehog]

http://youtu.be/jTeVf0I_JmA

i'm sorry but this bodily fluid **** is despicable. pass.

[Chazza]

Andy West @andywest01
If true that Liverpool have offered €25m for Diego Costa, Atletico will snap their hands off and laugh all the way to the proverbial bank.

Andy West @andywest01
Diego Costa is a decent player, but he wouldn't get in Atletico's strongest starting eleven (Baptistao & Villa). €25m is outrageous money.

Andy West @andywest01
Luis Suarez, Iago Aspas & Diego Costa will never play together. At least one of them will always be suspended. But if they do...ouch.

Andy West @andywest01
Diego Costa, for those who don't know, is the dirtiest, nastiest, diving-est, cheating-est player in Spain. Man Utd fans are gonna love him.

[dom9]

Who be Andy West?