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No more Chinese sales for Conte

Antonio Conte hopes Chelsea's supply line to the Chinese Super League has made its final delivery after Diego Costa was rumoured to be a target for the cash-rich competition.

Long-serving Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel completed a switch to Tianjin Teda on Friday, following Oscar's departure to Shanghai SIPG.

Mikel failed to make a single competitive appearance under Conte, while Oscar made his final Premier League start in September.

The prospect of top scorer Costa leaving – he is rumoured to be the subject of £80million interest from Tianjin Quanjian – would be an entirely different proposition and not one Conte was willing to consider as he addressed a media conference to preview Sunday's FA Cup third-round tie with Peterborough United.