Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has confirmed that Diego Costa trained the past few days, but is still unsure on whether he will start him or not.
The Blues host Stoke City on Saturday evening looking to tighten their grip on the Premier League title, but Mourinho has admitted that they may have to do it without their star-striker.
Costa picked up a hamstring injury during the club’s 3-2 victory against Hull City, meaning he sat out of international duty, and despite training on Thursday and today, Mourinho is still undecided on what role if any he will have over the weekend.
Mourinho explained: “Diego trained yesterday and today, he’s not injured but I don’t know if I start with him or not.
“We need to analyse the situation with him. It’s the same injury, hamstring. He dedicates himself to that, no days off, he’s working hard.
“We did all the tests two days ago to confirm the situation. In this moment he is fine but football is more than that.
“You need confidence, the freedom to express the maximum intensity, that is our doubt.
“We don’t believe in operations. It’s the last decision for every injury so we always try to be conservative, to play, to train, to recover, to try to compensate for the little problem. I don’t believe we’ll ever go in the surgery direction.”
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles
