#8 Diego Costa – Dieting Costs
Chelsea’s bad boy striker Diego Costa might be guilty of many things – he niggles the opposing players, has a tendency to dive and feign injuries, and he’s notoriously difficult to get along with – but being overweight usually isn’t one of them. In 2015 he did admit that he came into pre-season training a little out of shape, but by the time the season kicked off in August he was back to his lean best.
Linked with a mega-money move to China following a recent fallout with Chelsea boss Antonio Conte though, the rumours suggest that a number of Chinese clubs could be willing to pay as much as £76m for his services, and more stunningly, he could be making as much as £650k a week there. Perhaps if the iPhone had recognised Diego and simply autocorrected Costa to ‘Costs’, it would’ve been far more accurate!
#7 Dele Alli – Deleted Allies
While he’s arguably Tottenham’s key player right now – although you could definitely make an argument for Harry Kane of course – England’s midfield star Alli could never be accused of being a selfish player. While he upped his scoring rate in 2016/17 – hitting an excellent 22 goals from midfield for Spurs – he also assisted eight goals for his teammates. After three seasons together, his partnership with Kane now appears to be telepathic.
When you add in his “bromance” with midfield teammate Eric Dier, the idea that Alli would want to “delete” any of his “allies” is hilarious. While he’s been linked with Real Madrid at times, there have been no suggestions that he wants to leave Tottenham any time soon and thus at the minute at least, he comes off as the model team player.
Perhaps he’d like to delete his surname entirely, though – he’s taken to wearing ‘Dele’ on the back of his shirt due to a troubled family history.
