Striker Costa signs five-year deal at Chelsea


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 16 Jul 2014

Chile's Gary Medel (bottom) is fouled by Spain's Diego Costa during their 2014 World Cup Group B soccer match at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro June 18, 2014. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

(Reuters) - Chelsea's new striker Diego Costa, a 32 million pound signing from Atletico Madrid at the start of the month, has completed his transfer and signed a five-year deal, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.

"I am very happy to sign for Chelsea. Everybody knows it is a big club in a very competitive league, and I am very excited to get started in England with a fantastic coach and team mates," Costa, 25, was quoted as saying on the club's website.

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