Diego Costa of Chelsea FC
Chelsea FC striker Diego Costa says he had wanted to leave the English Premier League club last summer.
Costa had joined the Blues for £32 million (about N16 billion) 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 now taken an eight-point lead courtesy of 13 successive victories.
“Did I want to go? Yes, yes, I was about to leave. But not because of Chelsea,” said the 28-year-old.
“There was one thing I wanted to change for family reasons but it wasn’t to be, and I continue to be happy here.”
Costa scored 20 goals in his first season in England, as Chelsea won the Premier League title under Jose Mourinho.
But he had netted only four more by the…
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