'[Costa] gives a lot of energy. We are a different team when we have a striker in front of us.'
“He didn’t work the first week with the team but after Man City he started training with the team and he gives a lot of energy. We are a different team when we have a striker in front of us.
On whether Costa will start against West Ham, who sit one spot and two points behind 17th-placed Wolves, Lage added: “Let’s see tomorrow. Sasa Kalajdzic has been ruled out by a serious knee injury while Raul Jimenez is also sidelined with a mystery problem, leaving Costa as the only available striker.
That follows on from a winless seven games to end last season but Lage is bullish about his own position and has no doubt things will improve.
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