Costa: Why I opted for Spain over Brasil
Brazil boss Luiz Felipe Scolari never spoke to him
about representing the country of his birth at the
World Cup this summer.
The Atletico Madrid striker twice represented Brazil
–in friendlies last year, but switched his allegiance
to Spain after gaining citizenship towards the end of
2013.
Scolari claimed last week that he had spoken to the
forward about representing the host nation, but
Costa, who is reportedly close to joining Chelsea,
has quelled such claims.
Costa told AS: “Scolari has never called me on the
phone. The only manager that I’ve spoken to is
[Vicente] del Bosque, who cared about me, he invited
me to lunch and let me know that he wanted me.
I’m very happy because here they’ve received me as
a brother.
“I am and I feel Brazilian and that’ll never change. I
am from Sergipe, in the heart of the country. In my
home in Madrid, I maintain the Brazilian customs
and that’ll never change either.
”I want to win the World Cup with Spain, but if we
can, my second dream is that Brazil w
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