I'd love the China-deal. 80mil and to a place no one will ever see him again. Plenty of money to buy Lukaku or some other profilic striker

guardian, telegraph, mail, etc. releasing essentially the same story at about the same time, i wonder if it was a brief from the club

it is a believable scenario imo, i just can't see conte and the type of man he is, sending basically a feck off message out of the blue, it must be triggered by something and more likely it's because diego once again being a major twat, who knows diego might have planned all of this all along to accelerate his move away from england

sheesh what a mess

 

Take 40M and run. 

I just want him gone think he's been a good player for us but he's never been committed truly. He's talked of leaving far too often and look what happened in Jan. There's people across the next sticking up for him which I can't understand.

Edited June 9, 20179 yr by Bobbywoodhogan

Grateful for what he's done for us but not I'm not exactly going to be shedding a tear at his departure. £40m is still a good deal for us.

Conte: Please stay in shape over the summer unlike in 2015;

Costa: WHATEVER I DO WHAT I WANT;

Conte: f**k off

 

I backed Costa during his sh*t spell but now am done with him sooner he leaves the better

Never liked him from day one. Disruptive, arrogant, petulant cheat. 

6 hours ago, evissy said:

I'd love the China-deal. 80mil and to a place no one will ever see him again. Plenty of money to buy Lukaku or some other profilic striker

Can't happen that's the whole issue here, 100 percent tax now imposed on foreign players, if they pay us 80 it will cost him 160 

I'll be happy when he fecks off. Brings too much negativity.

Really poor from Costa, and didn't really do his future any good by going public, we aren't going to keep an unhappy loose cannon anyway. Even if what he said it's true, there are much better ways to go about this. I have the feeling it's the work of his super agent again, trying to force his way out

He basically leaked a personal conversation, shows his character and the tough time Conte probable had dealing with him

The 'Guvnor' has just discovered that he isn't, but just an employee.

According to the Metro newspaper Atletico Madrid have come up with a novel way of signing Costa...bankrolled by their new Chinese owners our Spaghetti Western friend will spend 6 months in the Chinese league before transferring to AM in January...not entirely sure if it will work especially given the current limit on foreign players and 100% tax in Chinese football but what the hey...if we get the right money for Costa I'll happily give him a piggy back to Heathrow...

 

Edited June 9, 20179 yr by doctorblue

Can't stand that c**t. 

Taking second half of the season off in both title winning seasons. Constantly acting like a petulant child on a pitch at the team's expense on countless occasions. Angling for a move back to Atletico from the moment he first arrived, not caring one bit about the negative effect it had on his current club (remember last summer when he was caught moaning to Sergio Ramos how he never got his move back to Madrid). And the last bit - telling to the reporters he isn't wanted at CFC anymore, knowing full well the terrible position it puts the club in terms of transfer negotiations.

As much as I think it was a blunder from Conte to send that text, it doesn't excuse that prick's actions one bit. I can understand not being able to settle in and the desire to go back where you feel happy. But there are such things as professionalism and courtesy and this w**ker has never shown us either. And the whole time the club was standing by him and the fans were chanting his name. 

Edited June 9, 20179 yr by abramovich

I don't think that Costa's antics have affected his price... IF..
He has pissed Roman off to such a degree that he orders our negotiators to have a price and stick to it, Costa still has enough to run on his contract for the club to stand firm.
He can only go for 20mil if we say he can, if not he can rot in the reserves or train with the kids. Do any of you really think he could do a Malouda ? I very much doubt it, he would be copping fine after fine for breaching club rules..
Bottom line is how much is Roman pissed off with him, because if he is there is only one winner and that's Roman and the clubs standing against a petulant, brattish, spoilt, prima donna.
Harrummpphh !!

Reading the Express, apparently Piers Morgan has mentioned Arsenal should offer 80 million for Costa. Interestingly it might be the only way we can get Sanchez, as part of the deal. How would this be perceived by Chelsea supporters, if it were a realistic option ?. 

Edited June 9, 20179 yr by Osgood is Good

2 minutes ago, Osgood is Good said:

Reading the Express, apparently Piers Morgan has mentioned Arsenal should offer 80 million for Costa. Interestingly it might be the only way we can get Sanchez, as part of the deal. How would this be perceived by Chelsea supporters ?. 

Why would he move to another English club? He quite glaringly doesn't like staying here and wants out. 

It's a moot point 

1 minute ago, Chelsbear said:

Why would he move to another English club? He quite glaringly doesn't like staying here and wants out. 

It's a moot point 

Been around long enough to 'never say never' in regards to football. Cheers

So the latest media narrative has Costa making a harmless joke and conte turning in to a right pr*ck in his reply to him... Well they need a new Chelsea villan with Costa leaving. 

Please rescue us PSG. 

 

http://m.leparisien.fr/sports/football/psg/mercato-le-psg-explose-son-budget-08-06-2017-7028607.php

13:20: Spanish newspaper AS claim to have obtained the text message that Diego Costa received from manager Antonio Conte.

 

The Italian manager reportedly wrote: “Hi Diego, I hope you are well. Thanks for the seasono [sic] we spent together. Good luck for the next year but you are not in my plan.”

Costa’s reply was equally blunt, he said: “Ok”.

 

 

 

it says seasono must be legit 

1 hour ago, DonAntonio said:

13:20: Spanish newspaper AS claim to have obtained the text message that Diego Costa received from manager Antonio Conte.

 

The Italian manager reportedly wrote: “Hi Diego, I hope you are well. Thanks for the seasono [sic] we spent together. Good luck for the next year but you are not in my plan.”

Costa’s reply was equally blunt, he said: “Ok”.

 

 

 

it says seasono must be legit 

The message from Conte apparently followed a 'joke' text sent by Costa replying to one initially from the Boss to all players saying 'enjoy your holidays' or something similar.

I can imagine a 'joke' text from Costa! These two clearly rub each other up the wrong way. Didn't Conte rant 'go to China' at him in training as all the transfer stuff surfaced.

 

I read today Milan are unprepared to meet Costa's wage demands of £200k per week.

Some interesting points have been made. I wouldn't text an employee telling them they were sacked so seems very odd if it's true within their professional environment. I personally think Costa burnt his bridges in January and was on his way out regardless. Conte is a tough task master and he wouldn't bow down to any player on the planet. It's a shame as I do really like Costa. The rapport he had with the fans which you don't see on tv was brilliant. Southampton away the bloke got us bouncing. Great times.

Edited June 10, 20179 yr by Fendieta