Ronnie Whelan all but implored Jose Mourinho to cancel any plans he had of signing Spanish international Diego Costa after the Atletico Madrid striker had a fairly ineffective game for Spain during their 5-1 shellacking at the hands of Holland last night.
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Whelan believes that "top, top" centre backs wouldn't be worried about Costa - a player who finished with 35 goals in 44 games for a side that won La Liga and reached the Champions League final last season. In fairness to Ronnie he did say that "sometimes he looks half decent".
At this point it is well worth taking a look at what Ronnie thought of Costa before the game:
H/T: Gary Walsh
