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Football Soccer - Arsenal v Chelsea - Barclays Premier League - Emirates Stadium - 24/1/16 Chelsea's Diego Costa goes down resulting in Arsenal's Per Mertesacker being sent off Reuters / Dylan Martinez Livepic EDITORIAL USE ONLY.
Chelsea striker Diego Costa has said he wanted to leave the club in the summer. Costa joined the Blues for £32m in 2014, and was understood to be close to a return to former club Atletico Madrid after a difficult 2015-16 campaign.
The Spain international has since scored 14 Premier League goals, as Chelsea have taken a six-point lead courtesy of 13 successive victories. "Did I want to go? Yes, yes, I was about to leave.
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