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Let Costa go to China! Belotti the perfect striker for Conte's Chelsea

The Premier League leaders should cash in on their unsettled top-scorer and replace him with a younger, better No.9 of huge potential

Chelsea coped quite comfortably without Diego Costa against Leicester last weekend and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink argued that his former club would be able to sustain their Premier League-leading form without their star striker for a sustained period of time. However, they would have little trouble maintaining their title charge if they replaced the unsettled Brazilian-turned-Spaniard with a younger, better No.9, namely Andrea Belotti.

Arsenal are the English side to have allegedly lodged a bid for one of Europe's most complete centre-forwards, with Torino claiming earlier this month that they had a rejected a £56 million (€65m) offer from the Gunners, but it is London rivals Chelsea who would prove the perfect fit for a player of Belotti's many attributes.