Pep Guardiola says Bayern Munich can expect great things from Douglas Costa after the winger's bright start to life at the Bundesliga champions.
The Bavarian side started their league campaign with a 5-0 win over Hamburg, with the Brazilian attacker the star of the show as he scored one and set up another in Franck Ribery's absence.
Costa signed for Bayern this summer from Shakhtar Donetsk for €30 million and Guardiola insists there is much more to come from him.
"This is just the beginning," the Spaniard told reporters. "So far Costa has done well. However, we did not sign him just for one week, but for four years."
The former Barcelona coach also discussed Dante, who was left out of last week's squad and youngsters Gaudino, Sinan Kurt and Julian Green, who remain in the reserves.
"All the players want to play, but I have to take the decisions to not let them play. That is my only problem.
"Young players have to play. It is not good if they just training with the senior team. They will train with us if we need them. Otherwise they have to be with the reserves. For now I think they are in the right place."
Guardiola faced criticism from Ottmar Hitzfeld, who said Bayern are lacking a "German mentality", a point that does not bother the current coach.
"I don't have a German mentality," he added. "I am Catalan. But I will do my best for this club to win the treble like Jupp Heynckes did.
"When Hitzfeld won it, there were four German players on the pitch at the Champions League final. Today we have more German internationals here."
The Bavarian side started their league campaign with a 5-0 win over Hamburg, with the Brazilian attacker the star of the show as he scored one and set up another in Franck Ribery's absence.
Costa signed for Bayern this summer from Shakhtar Donetsk for €30 million and Guardiola insists there is much more to come from him.
"This is just the beginning," the Spaniard told reporters. "So far Costa has done well. However, we did not sign him just for one week, but for four years."
The former Barcelona coach also discussed Dante, who was left out of last week's squad and youngsters Gaudino, Sinan Kurt and Julian Green, who remain in the reserves.
"All the players want to play, but I have to take the decisions to not let them play. That is my only problem.
"Young players have to play. It is not good if they just training with the senior team. They will train with us if we need them. Otherwise they have to be with the reserves. For now I think they are in the right place."
Guardiola faced criticism from Ottmar Hitzfeld, who said Bayern are lacking a "German mentality", a point that does not bother the current coach.
"I don't have a German mentality," he added. "I am Catalan. But I will do my best for this club to win the treble like Jupp Heynckes did.
"When Hitzfeld won it, there were four German players on the pitch at the Champions League final. Today we have more German internationals here."
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