Chelsea
striker, Diego Costa has reportedly been dropped for the trip to
Leicester City after a training ground row with a fitness coach.
Diego Costa
Diego Costa has been dropped from Chelsea's squad to face Leicester
after a row with manager, Antonio Conte, according to Sky sources.
It is understood he has not trained with the first-team for the
last three days after he was the subject of a £30m-per-year offer from a
club in the Chinese Super League.
It was learnt that the Spain striker has become unsettled by the
approach from China, which would make him one of the highest paid
footballers in the world, and he became embroiled in an argument with
two fitness coaches.
Conte then stepped in and, according to Sky in Italy, the row ended with the Italian shouting: "Go to China!"
It is understand that Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich has no
intention of selling Costa, who has two-and-a-half years left on his
contract.
The 28-year-old Spain international did though express his support
for his team-mates late on Friday night by posting a photo on Instagram
from the Blues' win over Tottenham in November, along with the caption: "Come on Chelsea!!!", plus a heart emoji.
But it comes as a major blow to Chelsea as the Premier League
leaders look to get their title bid back on track at the King Power
Stadium on Saturday evening, following their 2-0 defeat to Tottenham
last week.
Costa has been in superb form this season and is the league's top
scorer with 14 goals, and Sky Sports football expert Graeme Souness
believes this could derail Chelsea's title bid.
"This is the very last thing Chelsea need. He is playing out of
his skin. They lose him and all of a sudden they are not going to win
the Premier League," Souness said.
"If sense prevailed, maybe he could stay until the end of the
season. There has to be a way around this where everybody can be happy."
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