First Diego Costa spoke up in support of Jose Mourinho, confessing that he had returned overweight for pre-season, thinking it would be easy to continue the form he was in last season.
Then, he returned to the team, looking something like the lean and mean goal-scoring machine who tore up the Barclays Premier League last season.
Mourinho will have been pleased with the first course, but more thrilled with the second.
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