Chelsea striker Diego Costa
is now looking more likely to leave Stamford Bridge after he was dropped from the squad that won 3-0 at Leicester over
the weekend.
Costa did not travel to the King
Power Stadium after becoming a row with a fitness coach over an injury, leading
to his being punished by Blues boss
Antonio Conte.
The incident happened against the
backdrop of a lucrative offer from a Chinese Super League club, but sources close to the player have said he does not
intend to follow Oscar and John Obi Mikel to China.
Rumours have it that Costa "is ready to call a truce with Chelsea and stay
until the end of the season" but is reported to have told friends he will
not sign a new deal.
Although Conte is expected to hold talks with Costa in the
coming days, the discussions "will only delay his inevitable departure in
the summer."
In
other stories, initial expectations that West Ham forward, Dimitri Payet is sure to stay with the English side may be wrong, as it is
gathered that they are now prepared to let him go if the right offer
of something around £30 million arrives.
Despite Payet's former club Marseille being close on his trail, and
Payet saying he will not play for West Ham again, Hammers co-chairman David
Sullivan wrote in his programme notes for Saturday's game against Crystal
Palace that the 29-year-old would not be sold in January.
French champions Paris Saint-Germain
have been linked with Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi in recent days,
but if they can't get him they will turn their attention to another London club.
Reports have it that Crystal Palace
striker Christian Benteke is the player in PSG's sights, despite the insistence of new Eagles boss Sam Allardyce that
he is not for sale.
Benteke, a £27 million summer
signing from Liverpool, has also been linked with a move to the Chinese Super
League.
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