Chelsea wantaway 'likes Atletico Madrid'
The Chelsea striker has been dropped by Antonio Conte, the Italian telling the Spanish-Brazilian via Whatsapp.
Costa wants to convince Spain Coach Julen Lopetegui that he’s a strong candidate for a starting spot.
He recently made it clear that he'd like to move anywhere where he can play, however:
“Atletico are one of them [the options], it doesn’t mean not playing, they can give me to any team in Spain, Brazil or wherever, but I have to play,” the 28-year-old said before Spain’s World Cup qualifier against Macedonia.
“Everyone in the world knows that I like them.
“I’m obviously discarding China, I am thinking about the World Cup”.
There’s a problem, however: the striker’s big wages may be an issue for a team that contains Antoine Griezmann (on a new deal), Koke, Lucas Hernandez and many others.
Costa is coming off a 22-goal campaign with the Blues, adding seven assists in the bargain.