A lot of Wolverhampton Wanderers fans have responded to a tweet from their club showing a goal Helder Costa scored for Wolves on 1st April 2017.
The footage shows Dave Edwards play a ball into the Portuguese winger (0:09) who twists and turns his way past the Cardiff City defence to leave himself with an open goal – he then prods the ball home (0:12) to seal a 3-1 win.
This footage has gone down well with these Wolves fans, though, some are wondering what might have been with Costa.
Three years ago today, Helder Costa scored a fine individual goal to seal a 3-1 win against Cardiff City.
— Wolves (@Wolves) April 1, 2020
Peak Costa ??
— Sophia Goldsmith (@dinglette1972) April 1, 2020
Costa had the defenders on toast!
— Marshbag (@marshbag) April 1, 2020
Where did that guy go
…sent the entire cardiff back line to asda…different level— Mrw1975 (@Mrw19752) April 1, 2020
Always going to wonder what Costa could of been he was absolutely incredible pre injury never got back anywhere near that levle again
— Adama Is Slow (@SlowAdama) April 1, 2020
Prime Helder..
— Rob ? ? (@LondonishWolves) April 2, 2020
Do miss Costa I do, always felt he had potential to be speicial. Same as Cav, gutted when they went
— Shaun Spicer (@ShaunSpicer4) April 2, 2020
Miss Helder! ? pic.twitter.com/frQLuW93xx
— David Laine?????? (@DavidLaine) April 1, 2020
What do we think?
Costa, who is valued at £9 million (as per Transfermarkt), arrived at Molineux in the summer of 2016 on an initial season-long loan deal that was made permanent in January 2017, and in his first season, he scored 12 goals and provided 11 assists in all competitions.
The season after, though, was not as productive for the 26-year-old – as he managed just five goals and six assists although the Old Gold were promoted.
Do you miss Costa at Wolves?
Yes
No
After making 25 appearances in the Premier League last year Costa was sent to Leeds United on loan with an obligation to buy – leaving Wolves fans with only memories of him.