Why Chelsea should sell Costa

Costa to leave? – www.express.co.uk

When we saw Diego Costa in the first half of the season, his aggression was a positive for Chelsea.

He scored two goals at Swansea in September, grabbing the ball and charging back to the centre-circle after the second. The match finished 2-2 and he banged the floor in frustration at his team dropping points, even though he had been man-of-the-match.

Until January, Costa never went more than one game without scoring for Chelsea, such was his relentless will to win. Since then, not only has the Spaniard scored just two league goals, he does not use his aggression in the same way.

He gets into petty scraps with opponents when his team has chances to attack. He shrugs when forward balls are not played to him perfectly, rather than sprint as he would have done previously.

There is evidence to suggest that the ex-Atletico man wants to leave the club and if so, Antonio Conte should not stand in his way. We saw last season the dangers of having players who are only half-committed to the cause.