Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is pleased with the atackng options he will have in the 2014/15 season- and believes that Diego Costa is an excellent addition to his side.
Costa impressed last season at Atletico Madrid as they won th Spanish title, and Mourinho snapped the Spaniard up earlier in the summer, meeting his £32million release clause.
And Mourinho told Sky Sports: “He’s a great addition for us. He is a fantastic player.
“Technically he is very, very good. That’s why, lots of the players, they are so happy and so surprised, because his quality is even higher than what they expect.”
“He is so strong physically and he gives so much effort during matches.
“When somebody sees him play, the first thing that gets into their eyes is exactly that, the capacity to work hard for the team, and to be so powerful and so strong physically.
“To have Diego, (Fernando) Torres and (Didier) Drogba as our strike force is something that gives us different qualities. We are really strong in that position now.”
For Chelsea, the great Didier Drogba is back at the club after two seasons away and, although he is 36 now, Mourinho says the striker still has the attributes needed to be a success in the Premier League.
“The killer instinct is there, the technique to score goals is still there,” said the Chelsea manager.
“He is still very strong physically. Mentally, exactly the same.
“Every training exercise, every competitive situation in training, his desire to compete and to win is always there. I think he’s an important player for us.”
Chelsea have also signed Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona and Mourinho thinks the former Arsenal man is the complete midfielder.
“I see him as somebody who thinks football faster than the majority of the players,” he said.
“He is the kind of player we need in our midfield to bring us to a different dimension.
“The ball possession, the speed of the circulation, the decisive pass. He has everything.”
By Ben Kelly
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