Diego Costa is a two-time Premier League winner, a Chelsea cult hero, and a man who gave many a defender sleepless nights He remains, however, somewhat of an enigma.
In this exclusive interview, Diego sits down with his former Chelsea team-mate John Obi Mikel and Chris McHardy to set the record straight. Is he the snarling, aggressive man we see on the pitch or simply misunderstood?
So, why did he leave Chelsea? And what does he REALLY think of the man who engineered his exit: Antonio Conte? Unsurprisingly for a man who never backed down from a fight on the pitch, he doesn’t hold back.
Costa also outlines what makes Diego Simeone and José Mourinho so special, has his say on his bad boy image label, and takes us back to the night of the infamous Battle of the Bridge against Tottenham.
He also explains why Didier Drogba will always be ‘God’ and names the striker he’d pick ahead of Erling Haaland today.
Hold onto your hats, folks, for this unfiltered and unflinching conversation with a Blues great. It’s Diego Costa unleashed.
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21 Comments
Diego Diego Diego Diego!
Better player than Haaland, best 9 in the league since Van Persie, Chelsea didn't win the league since Ancelotti. Cesc gets a lot of credit but Costa was unstoppable, he was very unlucky not to have won the UCL in 2014. Di Maria was unstoppable that day but Diego Costa for me always felt like a Real Madrid player for me. Costa has been forgotten about but give him his flowers. Best striker in the league since Van Persie, Haaland is a better goalscorer but goes missing to much.
Nice to hear from the legend. I doubt many could get a interview with himself, Hazard and Jose. Maybe Drogba next?
obi surely you can reupload this podcast without the voice over, I wanna hear the man speak
He is the last proper stiker of Chelsea. Now we are not a top club anymore, Egbaly and BlueCo they have ruined our club within such a short time 😞
My beloved Guv'nor. The last real striker we had, not some toothless pitbulls in the team nowadays.
Ofcourse Mou….If u dont like that man u r a watch😂
Omg this voice over is terrible
Thank you for this podcast
Thanks to the work put in to get him on the podcast
Big up to the translation
It helps
I really thought we finally got our Drogba replacement but he left too soon. We haven't had a striker in that caliber since then.
Next time you do an interview with non english speaker, just put subtitles pls. Eng Dub just feel weird to listen to lol
This guy was a beast
Only spent 3 years with us but you can tell, he is a propa Chels, just listen 12:16 onwards
Chelsea fans have much love and respect for Diego Costa , imagine he has been there for only 3 seasons and we love him and remember him as a legend 💙
Коста лучший ) респект 🙂
Last good striker we ever had
can you release this without thetranslator speaking? I'd much rather read and hear Diego's voice
If you came from Instagram gather here❤
Hahahaha love Diego but him saying he doesn’t believe in violence on the pitch is like Tony Soprano saying he’s an innocent law abiding citizen 😂
Next time, just English subtitles would be better, without the voiceover. Please keep the original Spanish audio.
Bro who the hell replace Diego costa for conte?🗿