Eden Hazard’s younger brother Thorgan has insisted the Chelsea star is happy at Stamford Bridge and believes he is at “one of the best clubs in the world”.
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Avram Grant says he definitely would have given Diego Costa a dressing down following his antics on the weekend.
The Portuguese boss also revealed Costa and his Chelsea teammates had his full blessing to go on their Christmas night out on Wednesday, sources tell Press Association.
The trio were pictured following a night out with the whole squad, which had the approval of Mourinho.
Eden Hazard was denied his first Premier League goal of the season by Hugo Lloris on Sunday to make it 1,575 minutes without scoring a league goal and he joins Jason Puncheon and Santi Cazorla in the top four of an unwanted table.
The latest action in Diego Costa’s career has come off the football pitch as, in a show of tantrum throwing childishness, he threw his training bib at manager Jose Mourinho after not getting the chance to play in Chelsea FC’s match against Tottenham Hotspur FC. “The easier decision would have been to keep playing Costa rather than drop him, especially against a Tottenham team who are playing very well”.
Costa and Mourinho were rumoured to have exchanged words during half time in Chelsea’s 4-0 demolition of Israeli outfit Maccabi Tel Aviv two weeks ago, and it seems their relationship is not yet back on track.
The Portuguese was optimistic following what he described as Chelsea’s best performance of the season, which included a third successive cleansheet.
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Captain John Terry (ankle), new father Loic Remy and injured midfielder Ramires and striker Radamel Falcao all missed the game.
