Chelsea Striker Alvaro Morata is adapting very well to the English Premier League, says his Manager Antonio Conte and really who can argue against that statement.

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The first half of Premier League competition for Chelsea this season could not have gone worse. It was also extremely non indicative of how the rest of the season has gone so far. Since that disastrous first half versus Burnley in which they outscored 3-0, the Blues have a goal differential of 12-2, achieving four wins and one draw.

Striker Alvaro Morata, who broke the club transfer fee record when he moved over from Real Madrid this summer, has been stellar. He’s provided the goals required in the absence of Diego Costa.

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Chelsea Football Club, Alvaro Morata and Manager Antonio Conte all expressed their gratitude towards the fans who changed the words to their offensive chant about the striker.

The song is sung by Chelsea fans in praise of Morata, but it’s egregiously offensive because it contains Anti-Semitic lyrics targeted toward rival club Tottenham Hotspur.

Morata said thanks via his official verified Twitter account:

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It’s not often that a supervisor gives a former employee a really awful performance appraisal once the subordinate has moved on to another organization. That’s because the individual is now out of their hair, simply not their problem anymore.

With the news breaking yesterday that Chelsea have transferred their outcast striker Diego Costa back to Atletico Madrid (pending physical and agreement to personal terms), Blues boss Antonio Conte refrained from bad-mouthing his former player in his weekly news conference Friday.

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Chelsea midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko is okay, having not suffered any injuries in a minor car crash on his way home from the team’s training session Wednesday.

Teammate and forward Michy Batshuayi was asked by a Twitter user if Bakayoko was okay, after post crash images of the summer transfer window addition’s SUV emerged online. Those pictures showed the Mercedes in bushes, with a smashed windshield.

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The Diego Costa saga, the football soap opera of all football soap operas, is finally over. He’s getting what he wants and going back to Atletico Madrid. Chelsea get what they want, as they can now move on from this giant distraction. The club released a statement a very short time ago, and it reads:

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It was an extremely weird summer transfer window at Chelsea FC, and it came to a wild, bizarre ending on deadline day. The drama is not over yet, as the club is being investigated by FIFA for transfer dealings regarding youth players. This is the third time in eight years that Chelsea FC have been under investigation, and the club has publicly denied any wrongdoing.

The investigation focuses on the club’s conduct revolving around the signing of foreign players under the age of 18.

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Chelsea star Eden Hazard has officially completed the final step in his rehabilitation and convalescence. Blues manager Antonio Conte has indicated that his wide midfielder will start for the team tomorrow night in the League Cup third round tie against Nottingham Forest.

“I think for Eden now is the right moment to start the game, and to try and play the whole game,” Conte said in a press  conference.

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