Chelsea told they have their best player since Diego Costa as striker finally replaced

Chelsea have been told that they now have their best player since Diego Costa, with the striker finally being replaced.

Personally, I’d be a bit cautious in making claims such as these after just one season. For a player to create a legacy like Costa and have that kind of effect, they need to do it across multiple seasons, but I can certainly understand why people might say that Joao Pedro could have the same effect as Costa had eventually, but not yet – far from it yet. We need to stop overhyping players too soon. Praise where it is due, sure. But overhyping can sometimes do more damage than good in my opinion.

I love Joe Cole and will often agree with what he has to say on anything around Chelsea. But I don’t think he’s correct here to say Chelsea have finally replaced Costa with Pedro.

What Cole has said