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Conte: Batshuayi is ready
- Updated: December 26, 2016
Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte says Michy Batshuayi is ready to deputise for suspended striker Diego Costa in Monday’s Boxing Day clash with Bournemouth.
Costa has scored 13 times for the Premier League leaders this season but is banned for the Boxing Day fixture after accumulating five yellow cards.
Belgium striker Batshuayi was signed from Marseille in the summer for around £33m, but has yet to make Premier League start.
“Michy, if I decide to put him in the starting XI, is ready to play,” Conte …
