Wolverhampton Wanderers confirmed the signing of Spanish striker Diego Costa on Monday.until the end of the 2022/2023 season. This is Costa’s return to European football after spending time with Brazil’s Atlético Mineiro.
Diego Costa will return to the Premier League where he spent four seasons with Chelsea scoring 120 goals. and he won two Premier Leagues with a London team under José Mourinho and then Antonio Conte.
The striker, who has not played an official match since December 2021 in Brazil, received a work permit a few days ago after the English Federation initially turned him down due to lack of activity, but Wolves have filed an appeal.
The striker has completed a medical with Wolverhampton and will join Bruno Lage’s squad.who lost one of his players this season, Sasha Kalajic, to an anterior cruciate ligament injury, and Mexican striker Raul Jimenez with physical problems.
Costa to share striker with Mexican Raul Jimenez, who missed the last game due to fatigue because of this, he was unable to enter the top 11 starting players on the last date with Southampton before the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Jimenez will now have to fight for the position of 9th leader of the English team, which did not have the best start in the Premier League tournament. Jimenez has not yet scored or provided assists in the league. and has already received two injuries.
Before the death of the queen, the team of Costa and Jimenez had a difficult schedule with matches against Liverpool, Manchester City and West Ham United. At the moment there is no confirmation if the games on September 17 and 18 will be played or if they will also be suspended due to the funeral.
Wolves are in 14th position with just one win, three draws and two losses in 6 league games.. It remains to be seen if they will play against Manchester City this weekend or if it will also be canceled due to the Queen’s death.
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Source: La Opinion
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