Diego Costa

Latest Rumours On James Rodriguez And Diego Costa

... 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 China, where he would become the highest paid player in the world. — Dean Jones (@Dean Jones BR) January 13, 2017. However, former Liverpool and Newcastle United manager Graeme Souness believes that the Blues must turn their attention to keeping Costa at Stamford Bridge, or their title hopes will evaporate. Talking with Sky Sports , ...

Chelsea Drops Diego Costa Amid Rift, Unsettling Chinese Link

... on Saturday, a person familiar with the situation told The Association Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity on Friday because they were not authorized to discuss Costa being dropped from the team. The discord between Antonio Conte's side and Costa follows the striker becoming aware of interest from China, the person said, referencing the country's wealthy and ambitious Super League. Costa's only response on Friday was an Instagram post which featured the message "Come on Chelsea!" followed by a heart symbol. The Daily Mail newspaper's website first reported on Friday that the dispute was over whether Costa was injured. The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported online that Costa is aware of a Chinese club willing to pay him more than $30 million a year, but Chelsea is determined to ...

Chelsea Striker Is Dropped After Dispute Over Fitness With Coach

... 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 was now "completely focused" on "fighting for this club and for his shirt". He added: "When Diego decided to stay, I wasn't concerned. He is showing great patience in the right way, in every moment of the game.". Midfielders Jon Mikel Obi and Oscar recently left Chelsea for Chinese clubs - Tianjin TEDA and Shanghai SIPG respectively - while ex-Manchester City and United striker Carlos Tevez joined Shanghai Shenhua from Boca Juniors in a deal reportedly worth £310,000 a week. 'Costa has no affinity with England' - analysis. Former England defender Danny Mills on BBC Radio 5 live. Why shouldn't Diego Costa go to China? There is no loyalty from clubs in football. He's already defected from Brazil, his native country, to play for Spain and has no real affinity with England and the Premier League. I'm sure he likes London but he doesn't have any real affinity here. Brazilians move ...

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

... also been harmed after a row today. While an £80 million budget to play with could make things easier for Conte, it will certainly be an unwelcome task to replace Chelsea’s top scorer midway through the season when few other clubs will be looking to sell players. Big names such as Antoine Griezmann and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are surely off the table right now even if Chelsea do have significant money to throw around, with the Blues also hampered by not being in the Champions League this season. Here’s a look at five more realistic signings the league leaders could make up front in an attempt to save their season if Costa does leave…. Romelu Lukaku. Romelu Lukaku has long been linked with a return to Chelsea (Picture: Getty). Long linked with a return to Chelsea after failing to make it at Stamford Bridge ...

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

... incredible this season, scoring 14 goals. But the Independent believe his head has been turned by an incredible 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 ...

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

... he’s still a bit of a loose cannon. On Friday evening, reports emerged that the striker had an argument with a fitness coach at the club and manager Antonio Conte had told him to “Go to China”. While you simply can’t imagine Conte wants to get rid of the Premier League’s top goalscorer, it seems he’s already planning on signing his replacement. Article continues below. A report has emerged from The Sun that suggests the Italian boss has found the perfect player to take Costa’s place. That’s because they’re claiming that Conte feels Real Madrid’s Alvaro Morata is the ideal man to fit his system at Stamford Bridge. Article continues below. Julian Draxler has just scored his second PSG goal and it is a beauty. Despite Costa scoring 14 goals as the Blues sit top of the league, Conte still doesn’t think that he the right man to lead the line for his side. Conte believes that Costa’s ego has always been an issue and, due to his age ...

Why Not?' When Asked If Diego Costa Can Return

... rivals. "Now we've started the second part of the season, and the points are very heavy for all the teams," Conte added. "Now we stay on top of the table and if you win you put pressure on the other teams. "We started this game with great pressure after Tottenham's victory, after Arsenal's victory, and we had to show good experience to manage this situation.". Leicester's defence of their Premier League crown continues to be a struggle and defeat leaves them five points above the bottom three. But boss Claudio Ranieri insists his players have the stomach for a relegation battle. "From the beginning we have been looking over our shoulder but we are in good condition and I am sure now we can get some more points," he said. "The mentality is right, we fight. This team is used to fighting. Three seasons ago they fight to win the Championship, two seasons ago they were battling against relegation and in the end they survived and last season they won the title. These ...

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

... 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 be announced as AC Milan’s new director of sport in March, after that Sino-Europe complete the club’s takeover. ​According to Il Corriere dello Sport, Mirabelli has set sights on an exciting midfield trio. The former Inter chief scout has been personally monitoring Borussia Monchengladbach’s Christoph Kramer, OGC Nice’s Vincent Koziello and Anderlecht’s Youri Tielemans. They are all possible transfer targets for AC Milan next season as anyone of them would raise the level of AC Milan’s midfield. Will Mirabelli manage to sign any of them. AND THE ...