Diego Costa insists he would consider returning to Chelsea on the understanding Antonio
Conte offers him a fair chance to regain his
first team place.
The Spain international was informed he
was surplus to Conte’s requirements via text
message over the summer, despite helping
secure a second Premier League title
in three seasons with his 20-goal haul.
‘If it was down to me I’d be playing. It’s already
been one month. Holidays are good but it
gets tiresome,’ he told ESPN.Costa is currently
in Brazil, refusing his club’s request to return
to training but insists he would contemplate
a comeback if his manager was prepared
to let him fight for his place.
CHELSEA TRANSFERS IN
Willy Caballero (free, from Manchester City),
Antonio Rudiger (£34m, from Roma),
Tiemoue Bakayoko (£40m, from Monaco),
Alvaro Morata (£60m, from Real Madrid)
CHELSEA TRANSFERS OUT
Juan Cuadrado (£17m, to Juventus),
Christian Atsu (£6.2m, to Newcastle),
Dominic Solanke (Compensation, to Liverpool),
Asmir Begovic (£10m, to Bournemouth),
Alex Kiwomya (free, to Doncaster),
Bertrand Traore (£8.8m, to Lyon),
Nathan Ake (£20m, to Bournemouth),
John Terry (free, to Aston Villa),
Tammy Abraham (loan, to Swansea),
Alex Davey (released), Ruben Loftus-Cheek
(loan, to Crystal Palace), Nathaniel Chalobah
(£5m, to Watford)
‘I was always meant to turn up with the group,
but they were already saying that I’m going
to have to come back and train with the reserves.
I said that this was a lack of respect. We won
the league and I haven’t done anything so serious
to deserve being treated in that way.
‘It won’t be the same as before [between him
and Conte], and we don’t know if the fight for the
position will be fair. Because of me having
exposed the [text] message I understand that
he’ll be annoyed, so if I go back I have to see
if things would be clean, just and correct.
‘That’s how I like things. If I go back now I don’t
think it will be a fair situation. It won’t be an honest
fight for a position [in the team].’
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