In an exclusive interview with Sportsmail, Chelsea striker Diego Costa claimed he was prepared to sit out the remaining two years of his contract unpaid in Brazil.
With his relationship with Antonio Conte seemingly untenable and a dream return to Atletico Madrid on the cards, Costa has become the latest Premier League star to go on strike in an attempt to force a move.
He is walking a path that many others have trod before him and here, Sportsmail goes through some of the most notable cases of protest in Premier League history.