Diego Costa has declared himself ready to play after completing his move to Atletico Madrid.
“I want to thank the club for the effort they have made to bring me back,” Costa said, in comments reported by Marca. “I just want to play as soon a possible. I’m tired of training.”
On Sunday, Costa said he bore no grudges against anyone at Chelsea despite perhaps never fully settling in London.
“I did not learn to speak English,” he said. “A pity, but the truth is that there were very good people who helped me and made my life easy. It’s a great club and there are only good memories.”
After missing the first half of the season, Costa has work to do to force his way into Spain’s plans for the World Cup, but said the best way to convince coach Julen Lopetegui of his qualities was to score goals for Atletico.
“It’s a challenge,” he said. “The first thing is to do things right here, because if that happens it will be easier to be one of Lopetegui’s options.”
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