Costa passes medical at Chelsea

Spain striker Diego Costa has passed a
medical at Chelsea ahead of a proposed
£32m transfer from Atletico Madrid.
Chelsea met the buyout clause in the 25-
year-old's contract with Atletico and he
will now negotiate personal terms.
Costa scored 36 goals in 52 games for
Atletico this season as they won their
first La Liga title since 1996 and reached
the Champions League final.
The Brazil-born forward is in Spain's
World Cup squad.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said in
May that the addition of a "killer"
striker would be a key priority during
the summer.
The London club scored 71 goals in the
Premier League this season, 31 fewer
than champions Manchester City, who
finished four points ahead of them.
Chelsea strikers Samuel Eto'o, Fernando
Torres and Demba Ba contributed a total
of 19 of those in the league, with 33-
year-old Eto'o, now a free agent, scoring
nine of them.
"We have to try to win as a team, to
improve as a team, but also add the
attacking player with that killer instinct,"
Mourinho said last month.
Mourinho will hope that Costa will go some
way towards addressing that problem
having enjoyed a prolific campaign with
Atletico.
Costa scored 27 goals in La Liga and only
finished third behind Real Madrid's
Cristiano Ronaldo (31) and Barcelona's
Lionel Messi (28) on the list of top
goalscorers.
The striker also scored against Chelsea
from the penalty spot in the semi-finals
of the Champions League, one of his
eight goals in the tournament, as Atletico
came from behind to win 3-1 at
Stamford Bridge.
Costa was born and raised in Brazil and
made two friendly appearances for them
last year before he became a naturalised
Spaniard.