5 best transfers from La Liga to the Premier League in the last 5 years

Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea - Premier League
Pedro and Diego Costa were harvested from La Liga

#2. Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid to Chelsea)

Arsenal v Chelsea - The Emirates FA Cup Final
Costa score in the FA Cup final vs Arsenal

In the last five years, Diego Costa switched his nationality to Spanish, helped knock out Chelsea in the Champions League semi-final while playing for Atletico Madrid, joined Chelsea and returned to the Spanish capital as a two-time Premier League winner.

Costa had a very controversial stay in England. He was a divisive figure and there were always doubts on whether he was fully fit in the English environment. Despite that, there was no doubt that his brute strength and clinical finishing suited the English game.

He joined as a highly rated striker and left as one of the best Chelsea forwards in the Premier League era. Costa even gave Chelsea a profit, after going AWOL earlier this season. This at 29, shows how valuable the Brazil-born centre-forward is.

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