Alvaro Morata: More Raul than Costa

“To succeed you have to become nastier” Mark Hughes told Tore Andre Flo, soon after the young Norwegian arrived at Stamford Bridge in the summer of 1997.

Twenty years on and you can hear similar observations about Alvaro Morata, from some of the pundits anyway. The Spaniard, it’s being said, has to become more like Diego Costa to succeed at his new club.

At least superficially the pundits may have an argument. At 24 Morata is the same age as Flo when he moved to the Premier League.