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RUMOURS: Chinese club plotting £80m Costa bid

Chinese Super League club Tianjin Quanjian are plotting an £80 million bid for Chelsea striker Diego Costa, according to The Sun.

The report claims the newly promoted team, who are managed by Fabio Cannavaro, had a £50m offer for Costa rejected last month but are planning to come back with a bigger bid.

Tianjin are owned by billionaire Shu Yuhui and would be prepared to make Costa one of the highest-paid players in world football on £480,000 a week.