Mourinho: Diego Costa a bargain at €40 million

Jose Mourinho has revelled in Diego Costa 's pre-season performances for Chelsea , claiming that the €40 million man is going to prove a bargain. The Brazil-born attacker arrived at Stamford Bridge in July after scoring 27 goals in 35 Liga games for Atletico Madrid last season, helping Diego Simeone's side win the Spanish title and reached the Champions League final. Costa netted twice on his home debut for Chelsea as the club rounded off their pre-season preparations with a 2-0 win over Real Sociedad, adding to earlier strikes against Olimpija Ljubljana and Fenerbahce, and Mourinho is confident the big-money move will turn out to be a bargain. "What can we expect? I expect Diego and Diego is a team player who works hard, he’s not just about goals," Mourinho told the club's official website. "It’s about his defensive work, mentality and ambition. "This is the player we bought and we were waiting for since last season. This is why we didn’t buy a striker in the winter market. We were waiting for him, we have him and hopefully everything goes well. "He looks adapted to the team, and the Premier League, not just Chelsea, should be happy. Sometimes we lose important players going to other countries and sometimes we bring new top players here. "You can consider that [a bargain] because the market is crazy and the values are very high. For a striker like him, a champion in Spain, a Champions League finalist, a 25-year-old, we consider the price was very much in our favour." source goal