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Published 09:54 8 Apr 2016 BST
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However, the Spanish side are also unsure whether they'd be able to stump up the kind of fee Chelsea would expect to receive for Costa, leaving the door ajar for others to snap him up.
Unsurprisingly, Paris Saint-Germain are also sniffing around (they never stop sniffing, those lads) but it seems that a move to China is also a viable option for the angriest man this side of Sam Allardyce – with the Chinese Super League signalling their willingness to splash out over £70m to take him to Asia.
Costa's could also expect to see the his current wage of a mere £185,000 a week more than doubled if he were to head to China.
Chelsea are expected to spend big this summer in a bid to rejuvenate a squad that has badly underachieved this season. If Costa is to leave, it will be in the club's best interest to push him towards China so that the potentially huge fee they receive for him can help fund their own transfer aspirations.
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