Aston Villa captain John Terry has claimed that the controversial Diego Costa is one of the nicest guys in football and is very underrated.
Despite having scored 22 goals in all competitions last season, Costa was frozen out of Chelsea’s first team plans for this season by manager Antonio Conte.
On Thursday it was announced that the Spanish international had sealed a move back to Atletico Madrid for a fee believed to be in the region of £58 million.
During his time at Stamford Bridge, Costa became known for his aggressive personality on the pitch which often involved winding up team- mates and arguing with referees.
Despite what has happened, Terry, who is a club legend at Chelsea, believes that Costa is a nice guy. The 36 year old took to social media platform Instagram and posted, “Good Luck @diego.costa in your next journey my friend.
“An unbelievable player and one of the nicest and funniest guys I have met in football. Playing against him in training and games was an absolute nightmare, one of the best and underrated players I have played with and against. He gave everything for our club every time he wore a Chelsea shirt and was a born winner.”
