Chelsea are facing a major battle to keep Diego Costa at the club this summer as Chinese clubs will return for his services this summer, The Sun reports.
What’s the word?
Free-spending Chinese clubs caused a lot of headlines during the past few months with their abundance of new signings but Chelsea managed to remain with Diego Costa in their ranks despite advances from Asian clubs.
However, the Blues face another battle to keep the Spaniard at Stamford Bridge in the summer as Chinese clubs will revive their interest, The Sun says, with a whopping £38m-a-year offered to the former Atletico Madrid forward.
Chelsea want to pin him down to a new contract but Costa’s head has been turned by the offers available to him in China and he may move on, following a clash with Antonio Conte in January that threatened to cut-short his stint in West London.
Should Chelsea sell?
Whilst Diego Costa remains a crucial player at Stamford Bridge, the money they would get for his services for China would be sensational- and that could in-turn be used to strengthen the squad further, leaving plenty to play with when searching for a replacement.
Celtic’s Moussa Dembele, Real Madrid’s Alvaro Morata and Swansea City’s Fernando Llorente have all been reported as targets for the Blues in recent months and they could make a move happen this summer- particularly if they have money to spend following a sale of Costa.
With interested Chinese outfit Tianjin Quanjia revealing they have an unlimited budget for the summer transfer window, an offer may be too good to turn down.
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