PAUL MERSON COLUMN: Chelsea have Costa hole, Hodgson is gamble, Mane will be missed ROMAN ABRAMOVICH has flexed his muscles over Diego Costa – but Chelsea will need another striker if they are to do special things this season. By Paul Merson / Published 15th September 2017 GETTY Diego Costa has failed to return to Chelsea training this season Alvaro Morata has been phenomenal since he came in and he will probably terrorise Arsenal tomorrow in the same way Costa did. But you can’t challenge for the Premier League and Champions League with only one striker. That is no disrespect to Michy Batshuayi, but he just doesn’t look ready to fill in for any extended length of time....
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