He has three more years on his contract.
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Mourinho remains confident that Costa will stay at Stamford Bridge, however, as Costa still has three years remaining on his current contract.
He never said he’d like to go back, he said that in football you never know.
“I don’t see a problem”.
Chelsea, on the other hand, are once more facing an internal inquest, and it seems that the blame will be laid at the defence’s doorstep – particularly if Costa’s on-field behaviour is anything to go by.
Compared to the player we saw score 21 goals for the Blues last season and a stellar 36 goals in his last campaign for Atletico Madrid, Costa has been a shadow of his former self, starting the last two league games on the bench.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho with Diego Costa as he is substituted in the match between Chelsea and FC Porto at UEFA Champions League Group Stage.
Mourinho, who replaced Ranieri in his first stint at Chelsea in 2004, said the Italian had plenty to be happy about heading into the clash.
The Spain worldwide showed a lot of spirit in his performance against the Portuguese side, making darting runs to get on the end of through balls and crosses.
The Foxes were forced into a change of their own when Danny Drinkwater picked up a hamstring injury after a quarter of an hour. I don’t see Diego playing till he is 38, ‘ Mourinho added.
“In July, Abramovich wanted to bring Sven Goran Eriksson, who was the manager of the England team”.
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“They deserved to win because they were better than us during a longer period of time”, he said.
