Wolves‘ hopes of signing Diego Costa on a free transfer have taken a real blow and it could leave Bruno Lage’s facet in an actual mess if they can not signal him.
What’s the phrase?
Following the ACL injury suffered by new signing Sasa Kalajdzic on his Wolves debut final weekend, in addition to Raul Jimenez not being fully fit, Lage seemingly recognized a short-term resolution in former Chelsea and Atletico Madrid man Diego Costa.
It was reported that Wolves had been set to signal the 33-year-old striker on a free switch and that he was already flying to England so as to finalise a take care of Lage’s facet.
Are Wolves in bother if Costa cannot be a part of?
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However, his work allow was rejected and it now appears unlikely that he’ll be capable of be registered as a Wolves participant, with Express and Star journalist Liam Keen suggesting that his transfer “hangs in the balance.”
Costa fails to qualify for sufficient factors to earn a piece allow, as he has not performed for worldwide facet Spain since 2018, whereas he has been and not using a membership since leaving Atletico Mineiro in January.
An enormous blow for Lage?
Not solely does the transfer for Costa ‘hang in the balance’ however the identical might properly be stated of their whole season in the event that they fail to signal an extra striker of high quality within the coming days.
This blow is seemingly consultant of Wolves’ season as a complete, as they’ve already proven final season and initially of 2022/23 that goalscoring is an issue, with simply 38 goals within the earlier marketing campaign.
The Old Gold have scored simply three times in six games this time period and with out Kalajdzic and Costa, they’d as soon as once more be compelled to depend upon Jimenz, who managed simply six goals within the high flight final outing.
Unless they deal with these goalscoring points it’s exhausting to see their troublesome begin to the brand new season enhancing, and Lage’s facet might discover themselves in actual bother if a striker isn’t introduced in earlier than January.
Costa, whereas a controversial determine, slammed in 59 goals in 120 appearances at Chelsea and was additionally prolific at Atletico Madrid, hitting 83 goals throughout two spells there. As a outcome, he might have supplied an actual goalscoring menace in Lage’s facet, in addition to being a nuisance to Premier League defenders together with his aggressiveness and physicality.
Therefore, Lage will likely be very fearful about his striker scenario at Molineux if Costa doesn’t signal, and the Old Gold might be in for a season of wrestle after this setback. The 2022/23 marketing campaign definitely hangs within the steadiness for them proper now.