Back to the Chelsea Newsfeed

Filipe Luis, Koke welcome Diego Costa's Atletico Madrid return

Atletico Madrid defender Filipe Luis has said he is "proud of this club" for bringing striker Diego Costa back from Chelsea.

On Thursday, Atletico announced that they had reached an agreement with Chelsea for the return of the Spain international for an undisclosed fee.

Costa has not featured for Chelsea since the FA Cup final in May, and opted to remain in Brazil this summer rather than return to Cobham amid a bitter public dispute with the Premier League champions about his future.

And Marca reported Filipe Luis as saying: "I'm proud of this club for their effort in bringing in one of the three best strikers in the world.