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Diego Costa's form has dipped spectacularly since Chinese Super League offer in January... is the Chelsea striker's head already in China?

Daily Mail | April 22, 2017

Related Topics: Chelsea F.C., Diego Costa, Chinese Super League, China, Antonio Conte, Tianjin Quanjian F.C., Premier League

It was on January 14 when Chelsea went to Leicester City without Diego Costa, who had been involved in an altercation with Antonio Conte amid Chinese Super League links.

Tianjin Quanjian are still interested, and want to pay Costa £620,000 a week and Chelsea a substantial fee to sign the striker this summer.

Yet the original offer from the Far East still seems to be turning Costa's head, having sparked a disastrous dip in form.

Diego Costa's form has taken a dramatic slump since a transfer offer from China in January
Diego Costa's form has taken a dramatic slump since a transfer offer from China in January
Almost all of the Spanish striker's key stats are down since big money offer from Tianjin
Almost all of the Spanish striker's key stats are down since big money offer from Tianjin
Chelsea have seen their advantage to Tottenham trimmed to only four points
Chelsea have seen their advantage to Tottenham trimmed to only four points

At Christmas, when the usual half-time reports come out, it was a shootout between Costa and Eden Hazard for who had been Chelsea's star man.

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