Diego Costa and Filipe Luis in Chelsea gear as they prepare for pre-season tour

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Blue boys: Brazilians Diego Costa and Filipe Luis in their Chelsea gear

 New signings Diego Costa ad Filipe Luis were spotted in their Chelsea training gear a they boarded the plane for Austria.

The duo both signed from Atletico Madrid this summer after playing significant roles in helping Atletico Madrid win La Liga for the first time since 1996.
Costa flew in overnight from Lisbon and joined up with the Chelsea squad early this morning.
The Spain international did not have time for a photo shoot with the Chelsea shirt and so this is the first opportunity for fans to see their new signing wearing the badge.Arrival: Chelsea's players land in Austria ready for their pre-season tour
Chelsea have also signed Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona and Mario Pasalic from Hajduk Split while a host of talented loanees make their return including Thibaut Courtois, Kurt Zouma and Oriol Romeu.

 PRE SEASON TOUR
23/07: Wolfsberger AC
27/07: Olimpija
30/07: Vitesse
03/08: Werder Bremen
10/08: Ferencvaros
Young blood: Chelsea have taken a youthful squad to Austria
Manager Jose Mourinho has said that Chelsea's transfer business is now complete for the summer although Didier Drogba does appear to be on the verge of a return to the club.
Chelsea's first game of their pre-season tour is versus  Wolfsberger AC on Wednesday, followed matches against Olimpija, Vitesse and Werder Bremen. 
Their final match will be against Ferecavros in Budapest on the 10th August.

CHELSEA'S 26-MAN SQUAD FOR PRE-SEASON TOUR

Petr Cech
Matej Delac     
Mitchell Beeney
Mark Schwarzer            
Branislav Ivanovic         
Oriol Romeu    
Kurt Zouma
Andreas Christensen   
John Terry        
Gary Cahill
Nathan Ake     
Cesar Azpilicueta           
Marco van Ginkel          
Nemanja Matic
Nathaniel Chalobah     
Mohamed Salah
Jeremie Boga  
Lewis Baker     
John Swift        
Cesc Fabregas
Patrick Bamford             
Fernando Torres
Diego Costa
Dominic Solanke            
Filipe Luis          
Isaiah Brown
 

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