I read somewhere this morning Costa will go to a Chinse club after this incident with Pedro

It's a non issue, just one of the example of how we didn't click yesterday. Costa was frustrated, he had no chance to get one those luiz straight ball from the back. I was amazed he didn't get a card after such a frustrating night.

16 hours ago, rtwelch said:

As soon as Costa and Pedro had that ridiculous tiff I knew it wasn't going to be our night. They should know better.

 

Speaking about that, at the end of the day, I'm pretty sure it's non issue.. However, they shouldn't have let it happen because that just gave the fuel for the opposition to laugh about especially when we didn't win.. no matter how you look at it, it didn't look good for us at that time..

 

I can understand with costa's frustration, pedro literally giving him no option, should have moved away to the left hand side giving some option for costa.. Having said that, I think costa dragged it a lil bit too long for my liking, if it's heat in the moment stuff then we all can just shrugg it off.. I think this 1 should be addressed by the manager..

what the

What the f**k

For f**k sake

Disaster like title crushing disaster 

Everyone is reporting it, including Matt Law in the Telegraph.

Looks like a clear leak from Costas camp probably, damn it! Bad, bad news.

Not sure I want to believe it even, they seem so close and trusting of one another. Hopefully just a heat of the moment, bad mistake by Costa that Conte forgives him.

Title over?  

Terrible news, hopefully it all blows over and he's fine to play against Hull.

Sounds like it may just be they had a row over whether he was fit or not.  Hopefully nothing much in it.  Please.  I hope.  For God's sake.

Worst thing to happen before a huge away game. 

All the preparation is up in smoke now, doesn't bode well for tomorrow 

And others are saying it was a row with fitness staff not Conte and Conte has just left him out because of an injury.  Nothing to see here.

 

Fingers crossed.

Matt Law is saying he hasn't trained with the team for three days after a row with the fitness coach and have a 30£ million net a year offer from China that is tempting him...

Terrible news, right before such a vital away game too.

For f**k's sake!  

Really bad news this!!!

Can't we go one season without some sort of crisis ?

Hopefully this is just the media blowing things out of proportion.

Let's wait and see eh. It wouldn't exactly be unusual for the Mail, Sun and Telegraph sports sections to be making a mountain out of a molehill.

Assuming any of what's been printed is correct, it sounds like he says he's injured and so hasn't been training, the medical staff perhaps think otherwise, and Conte's left him out. It's not exactyly a secret he's never really been that happy here, and if he's got a huge offer from China it may well be turning his head.

What the f**k, hopefully this is all bollocks, literally the worst time for something like this to happen.

Media just don't like to see us doing well this is probably nothing but because its us its a mountain out of molehill

Well, honestly, at £80m I would sell him. And I do understand why Costa would consider a £30m a year offer, too.

Having said that, I hope the reports are utterly exaggerated, which I am sure they are, and they will manage the situation in a professional manner.

Edited January 13, 20179 yr by PythonLu

To put a positive spin on this, it's possibly another chance to see what Batshuayi can do.

1 minute ago, PythonLu said:

Well, honestly, at £80m I would sell him. And I do understand why Costa would consider a £30m a year offer, too.

Having said that, I hope the reports are utterly exaggerated, which I am sure they are, and they will manage the situation in a professional.

We went through this last season, who would we replace him with? There's literally no striker I can think of who could come in and do his job that is realistic 

Is this like when we were going to definitely 100℅ sack Conta?

Just now, PythonLu said:

Well, honestly, at £80m I would sell him. And I do understand why Costa would consider a £30m a year offer, too.

Having said that, I hope the reports are utterly exaggerated, which I am sure they are, and they will manage the situation in a professional manner.

No way would I sell him for 80£ million in todays market. You wouldn't get a striker as good as Diego Costa for 80£ million in football today for me.