Chelsea striker #Diego Costa wins August’s Premier League Player of the Month award

                 

After just three Premier League games this season, Chelsea’s £32 million move for Atletico Madrid forward Diego Costa is looking like one of the shrewdest pieces of business conducted in the transfer window.

Costa arrived off the back of a breakthrough campaign for Atleti as he fired them to the La Liga title and Champions League final, simultaneously stepping out of the shadow of former strike partner Falcao. Despite a hamstring injury spoiling the last few weeks playing under Diego Simeone, Costa has picked up where he left off and scored goals in each of Chelsea’s three league wins this season. It’s the type of form that has culminated in the Brazilian-born Spanish international winning August’s Premier League Player of the Month award.


After being presented with the award, he told Chelsea’s website: ‘I’m very happy to win this award. It is important to begin well at a new club and I’m pleased with both my start to the season and also the team’s, which is the most important thing. ‘I hope to continue scoring goals to help out the team and keep making our fantastic supporters happy. I thank my team-mates as they have helped me win this award.’ Unfortunately, the hamstring injury which continues to haunt Costa reared its ugly head during the international break and it looks likely that he’ll be sitting out the clash against Swansea this weekend