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title: "Wolves: Old Gold set for ‘new mentality’ thanks to Diego Costa"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Chloe Chadwick"
section: "Follow up"
published: "2022-09-15T07:15:35Z"
modified: "2022-09-15T07:15:35Z"
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# Wolves: Old Gold set for ‘new mentality’ thanks to Diego Costa

**[Wolverhampton Wanderers](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/wolves-news/) will get a ‘new mentality’ thanks to their gamble on signing Diego Costa, according to transfer insider [Dean Jones](https://twitter.com/DeanJonesSoccer?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor).**

### The Lowdown: Kalajdzic replacement

The Old Gold [signed](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11699/12685976/wolves-transfer-news-sasa-kalajdzic-joins-bruno-lages-side-from-stuttgart) Sasa Kalajdzic in the summer, but after sustaining a serious knee ligament [injury](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/sasa-kalajdzic-wolves-injury-news-24964898) against [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/) rivals Southampton at the start of the month, Bruno Lage was forced to re-enter the market for an attacking replacement.

33-year-old free agent Costa put pen to paper on a [one-year](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11699/12692613/diego-costa-former-chelsea-striker-joins-wolves-on-a-free-transfer-to-return-to-the-premier-league) deal at Molineux, arriving in the Midlands after being released by Atletico Mineiro in January.

### The Latest: Costa the gamble

Speaking to [GiveMeSport](https://www.givemesport.com/88059078-wolves-diego-costa-will-totally-change-mentality-at-molineux), Jones was full of praise for Costa and saying he is just the profile of striker that Wolves have been searching for.

“It’s a gamble in terms of what he can bring physically. He hasn’t played enough football for us to really know how he’s going to cope, but this team has absolutely no cutting edge.

“It’s got no instinct for goals and there’s no fight to win, but Diego Costa totally changes that and brings a new mentality to the club and to that starting XI if he gets in it.”

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### The Verdict: Risk worth taking

Despite Costa not having played competitive football since the New Year, getting him on a free transfer means that this is a move with no risk, and it was one definitely worth taking.

The Spaniard has made an outstanding [258](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/diego-costa/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/44779) goal contributions throughout his career (187 goals and 71 assists), and brings a wealth of success having won 13 titles with various clubs, two of those being the Premier League with Chelsea ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/diego-costa/erfolge/spieler/44779)).

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If Costa can regain even glimpses of his old form, he could go on to become a real force to be reckoned with this season and has the prolific edge to guarantee Wolves a top ten finish come the end of the campaign.