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Today’s tittle-tattle is a man in motion The Mill is just one of an assortment of hacks weeping salt tears at the news that Diego Costa’s £57m move to Atlético Madrid is finally done, bringing the curtain down on one of the great interminable transfer sagas of our age. Chelsea will look to swiftly move on from Costa’s inevitable departure by tying Eden Hazard to an eye-watering £300,000-per-week deal. Should their…

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• Belgium forward set to start for suspended Diego Costa against Bournemouth • Antonio Conte believes training with Chelsea will be better for Batshuayi Chelsea will resist attempts by rival clubs to secure Michy Batshuayi on loan next month as the Belgium forward prepares to make his first Premier League start for the leaders in the visit of Bournemouth to Stamford Bridge on Boxing Day. Batshuayi, a £33.2m summer signing from Marseille, is poised to deputise …

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Hull City produced a display of scintillating passing and movement, created an endless succession of chances and lost to West Ham in a result that leaves Mike Phelan’s side bottom of the Premier League at Christmas. There was something inevitable about the result: a classic case of footballing sod’s law. Hull hit the post three times, squandered two one-on-ones and generally saw their positive, well-drilled endeavours founder at the final hurdle. West Ham were largely disjointed …

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• Manager believes Chelsea match-winner should have got two yellow cards • ‘I’m not happy with the way we played. We can do much better’ Slaven Bilic and his West Ham United players were left bemoaning the reluctance of the referee to dismiss Diego Costa for two bookable offences as the Spain forward scored the late goal that ensured Antonio Conte’s tenure as Chelsea manager began with a morale-boosting win . Anthony Taylor opted not to show Costa…

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Stamford Bridge’s new manager shows total absorption in the 2-1 win over West Ham, punctuated by yells of frustration in Italian at missed chances For the Chelsea supporters who arrived at a balmy Stamford Bridge for the opening salvo of the season against West Ham there was a weird sense of everything being kind of the same but different. The external decorations outside the ground still depicted giant posters of José Mourinho in his Chelsea blazer holding the Premier …

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The Spain international can torment defences this season if he concentrates on penalty box prowess, says the Blues boss

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The combustible Spain international is set to lead the line for Chelsea at Upton Park and the Hammers boss is wary of his penchant for creating confrontation

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