Diego Costa begins pre-season training... on a beach 9,500 miles away from Chelsea team-mates

Diego Costa has finally begun pre-season training after his extended holiday... but he's still on the beach.
The wantaway Spaniard has yet to return to Chelsea after his summer break in Brazil, while his team-mates are around 9,500 miles away in Singapore.

With a Blues reunion very much not on the cards, Costa has been forced to improvise in order to get fit for the new campaign.

Costa was informed by manager Antonio Conte via text message earlier this year that he was not in Chelsea's long-term plans.
Conte has since replaced the 28-year-old with £70.6m signing Alvaro Morata.
Two-time Premier League champion Costa wants to rejoin Atletico Madrid, but his former club are currently serving a transfer ban until January.
Costa makes no secret of his love for Atletico and recently posted a video of himself partying in the kit of the Madrid club, while mocking current boss Conte.

Costa is in limbo, but he seems determined to stay in shape.
The Blues frontman took to Instagram on Wednesday to share his latest workout with his 2.5million followers.
It appeared to be a fairly simple drill mainly focusing on strength as Costa was tied to an elastic harness, which was being held by one of two assistants.
There was a ball involved and Costa's touch looked a little off, although that could be due to the fact he wasn't wearing any boots - just sandy socks.
Running on sand is a popular training method used by many top athletes - including tennis ace Andy Murray - as a leg-strengthening exercise.

Costa scored 58 goals in his first three seasons for Chelsea but he seems unlikely to add to that tally, having effectively been written off by Conte.
Speaking last week, Conte told the media: 'I don't like to talk about players who are not here.
'In January, the Costa situation was made very clear. For the club, for him and his agent and for me the situation is closed.'