DIEGO COSTA
Chelsea star Pedro says the Premier League leaders have the
‘perfect striker’ with Diego Costa’s focus now back on their title charge.
The former Barcelona forward has played with some of the
greatest goalscorers of a generation, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto’o among
them, but he wouldn’ t swap Costa for any of them — never mind the big money
offers from China.
Chelsea’s firebrand frontman hit his 15th goal of the season
against Hull City on Sunday to polish off a turbulent 10 days at Stamford
Bridge with a 2-0 win.
Costa, 28, had a fall-out with manager Antonio Conte over his
fitness, fielded interest from the Chinese Super League and then missed the
trip to Leicester City.
But now he’s back fit and firing Pedro couldn’t think of
anyone better to push home Chelsea’s eight-point advantage at the top of the
league.
‘He is a very good striker. I have played with important
people, important players like Ibrahimovic,’ the Spanish wideman says.
‘Costa is a very good striker too, a very good runner, strong
physically and he scores more goals for the team. He is perfect for this
team.’
Quizzed on who he would pick out of Costa and former
Barcelona team-mates Ibrahimovic and Eto’o, Pedro says: ’It is difficult, it's
difficult. I’ve played with a lot of players of high quality but Costa is a
very good player. Diego is probably the best for this team.’
Having played alongside the enigmatic Costa for club and
country for the last two years, few are better placed to judge the centre
forward’s current state than Pedro.
After Sunday’s goal, Costa mimicked a pair of chattering
mouths with his hands in celebration to hint that the talk surrounding him was
having little effect.
Any hint of a move away was shut down by Conte afterwards and
Costa now appears set to stick around until the end of the season at least.
‘With the team, he (Costa) has been training very well, with
his team-mates,’ Pedro adds. ‘He is very happy to be here in the club, this is
the most important thing.
‘His focus is on the
team, the game, this season, to fight for this title. It’s good for the team.
This ambition Diego shows is good for the team.
‘This title is very difficult to win. The Premier League is
probably the best, strongest, most competitive (league) and for me it would be
a dream to win this title.
‘It's difficult and different (to La Liga) but this is a good
moment for us.’
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