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Diego Costa’s Instagram Post After Antonio Conte Feud Has Confused Chelsea Fans

... offer from one Chinese Super League club ready to pay him £576,000-a-week. Article continues below. Julian Draxler has just scored his second PSG goal and it is a beauty. It would be hard for anyone to say no to those figures, and also explains why Chelsea fans shouldn’t look to these videos of Costa and Conte getting along as proof that the Spain international is happy at the club. Costa's Instagram post. But supporters will jump on any hint that the reports of Costa’s unhappiness have been blown out of proportion. And he provided it with an interesting post on Instagram on Friday night. “Come on Chelsea!” reads the caption, along with a blue heart. Chelsea fans react. Presumably, Costa wasn’t behind the post. But it’s unlike that it would have been shared without his consent. Some fans believe it’s a sign that he’s staying, while others simply don’t know what to think. Although Costa’s future is unclear, one thing is for sure; Chelsea can’t let this ruin what has been a brilliant season. What do you think of Costa's Instagram post - is he staying? Let us know in the comments section below. Do YOU want to ...

Why Not?' When Asked If Diego Costa Can Return

... a fitness coach over an injury and a lucrative offer from a Chinese Super League club to sign him in January. A double from Marcos Alonso and a goal from Pedro Rodriguez ensured Costa was not missed at the King Power Stadium, hours after sources close to the 28-year-old had told ESPN Brasil that he is not interested in moving to China this month , but his absence still dominated Conte's post-match media duties. Leicester City. Lineups and Stats. "If you want to know the truth, I'm ready to tell the truth," Conte said. "The truth is this: on Tuesday during the training session, Diego stopped because he felt a pain in his back. "From that moment he didn't train during the week and for this reason today he wasn't available to come with the squad. This is the reason, this is the truth.". Asked if Costa had argued with a fitness coach, Conte added: "I read a lot of speculation about this topic. I can say that if - I repeat, if - there are problems with players, I'm used in my career to solve the problem in the changing room, not outside or in a news conference. I told you the truth.". On the subject of a ...

Antonio Conte Identifies The Striker He Wants To Sign To Replace Diego Costa Sun

... the Juventus hierarchy to sign Morata back in 2014 from Madrid before he returned to Spain this summer. And Conte is adamant he can transform the 24-year-old into a 20-goal-a-season striker in west London. Morata’s age - and the fact that he’s more mobile - makes him the type of striker Conte has always dreamed of managing. Morata has shown his quality this season at the Bernabeu, despite not being a first-team regular. The forward has scored five goals in his 12 La Liga appearances but may be tempted by a reunion with Conte - especially if it means he’s playing week in and week out. Elsewhere, Conte still wants Swansea’s Fernando Llorente as a second option to be an alternative to Morata. Llorente and Conte won Serie A at Juventus in 2014 and he would surely jump at the chance to leave relegation-threatened Swansea to work with Conte again. Whether Conte will make a move immediately seems highly unlikely. But it wouldn’t be surprising to see him and Costa attempt to put their differences aside until the summer before he ...

Latest Rumours On James Rodriguez And Diego Costa

... the 25-year-old out of his misery, but even those football superpowers can’t compete with the money coming out of the Orient. GERARD JULIEN/Getty Images. And as Mendes has previous with the Chinese top flight—having sanctioned lucrative switches for clients Jadson, Luis Fabiano, Jackson Martinez, Ricardo Carvalho and Axel Witsel—there’s plenty of reason to believe that Rodriguez could be packing his bags soon. Chelsea are no strangers to the cash-happy Chinese Super League, having lost both Ramires and Oscar on big-money deals. The latter recently signed a stupendous £400,000-per-week deal with Shanghai SIPG, per Luke Augustus of Mail Online, and the Blues may be in danger of losing star man Diego Costa to a similarly crazy deal in the coming weeks. According to Lyall Thomas of Sky Sports, Costa has been offered a staggering £30 million per year to play his football in China, and Bleacher Report’s Dean Jones revealed that he’s interested in snapping it up. Diego Costa's head has been turned by interest from ...

Costa To China? 5 Realistic Replacements Chelsea Could Sign This January

... no doubting Lukaku’s ability, and it’s previously been claimed he would favour Chelsea over other big sides due to his ‘unfinished business’ with them. Still, Everton are tough negotiators and won’t let their star player go cheap in the middle of the season. Mauro Icardi. Mauro Icardi has been in lethal form for Inter Milan (Picture: Getty). The top scorer in Serie A so far this season with 14 goals, Mauro Icardi is having one of his best seasons in an Inter Milan shirt. The young Argentine has long been regarded as a potentially world class talent, though attitude problems have held him back in his career so far. Still, at this stage Icardi looks a gamble well worth taking for Chelsea, who can surely persuade him to swap Inter for a side with genuine title ambitions and almost guaranteed Champions League football for next season. Alvaro Morata. Alvaro Morata has been linked with Chelsea in the past (Picture: Getty). Targeted by Chelsea for much of the summer, Alvaro Morata made the surprise move back to Real Madrid ...

Chelsea Drops Diego Costa Amid Rift, Unsettling Chinese Link

... that Costa is aware of a Chinese club willing to pay him more than $30 million a year, but Chelsea is determined to hold onto its most influential player. The Spain international, who joined Chelsea from Atletico Madrid in 2014, has 14 goals in the league this season and is under contract until 2019. Costa has been a vital component in Chelsea's revival after the team went from champions to an 11 th-place finish last season. Chelsea has a five-point lead over Liverpool after its 13-match winning streak was ended by Tottenham in the team's last league game. Chelsea has already sold two players — John Obi Mikel and Oscar — to Chinese Super League clubs in the last month. Chelsea made 60 million pounds ($73 million) just from Shanghai SIPG for Oscar. Despite the windfall, Conte said he hoped the club would not ...

Chelsea Striker Is Dropped After Dispute Over Fitness With Coach

... move to China that would be worth £30 m a year. Costa, 28, has scored 14 goals and provided five assists this season. Chelsea declined to comment. It is understood Blues owner Roman Abramovich is not interested in releasing him from his contract, which expires in 2019, and would not entertain the idea of being forced to do so. Podcast: Is Costa about to derail Chelsea's season. Speaking in early January, Costa admitted he wanted to leave Chelsea last summer, but said he was now happy to stay. Chelsea had been hopeful of agreeing a contract extension with the Brazil-born forward, but the dispute with fitness coach Julio Tous raises new doubts. Diego Costa's record in Premier League matches for Chelsea. Costa joined the Blues for £32 m in 2014, and was understood to be close to a return to former club Atletico Madrid after a difficult 2015-16 campaign. "Did I want to go? Yes, yes, I was about to leave," he said earlier this month. "But not because of Chelsea. "There was one thing I wanted to change for family reasons but it wasn't to be, and I continue to be happy here.". Shortly afterwards, manager Antonio Conte said he believed the striker ...

Diego Costa Wants January China Move, Ac Milan Linked With Exciting Midfield Trio

... news for Chelsea fans. The Italian paper reports that the striker had not been training over the last three days due to back pain. No substantial injuries, however, have been highlighted by the medical test that the player has undergone causing Conte’s hanger. The Italian tactician has decided not to call Costa for today’s game against Leicester City, but the Blues do not want to sell the Brazil-born centre forward so much so Roman Abramovich is said to be ‘firmly willing to keep Costa out of the starting XI until the end of his contract if he pushes to leave the club in January’, Tuttosport also reports. There are way better news for AC Milan fans given that their designated director of sport Massimiliano Mirabelli is getting crazy travelling around Europe to spot the best players to bring at the San Siro at the beginning of the 2017/18 campaign. Mirabelli will officially ...