Keeping Costa is a disaster for Chelsea!

(Baonghean.vn) - Recently, there have been many rumors surrounding striker Costa's intention to leave Stamford Bridge, making Chelsea fans extremely worried about their team's journey to conquer the Premier League championship.

Indeed, if Costa leaves London right now, Chelsea's strength will be greatly affected. Up to this point, after 21 matches played in the Premier League (Costa missed 1 match due to suspension), the Spanish player has scored 14 goals for the team at Stamford Bridge. Most of the goals of this striker directly brought 3 full points for The Blue. Typically, the goal to make it 2-1 in the match between Chelsea and West Ham, or the only goal in the home team's 1-0 victory over Middlesbrough...

Costa's importance to Chelsea in recent seasons and in the current squad of coach Conte is undeniable. Possessing strong attacking ability, fiery fighting spirit and excellent killer instinct, Costa is an extremely dangerous trump card in the attack of the team at Stamford Bridge. But important does not mean irreplaceable, especially when Costa is deliberately denying his responsibility.

Striker Costa is "rebelling" at Chelsea. Photo: Internet.

According to The Sun, Costa is 'making a fuss' with Chelsea by demanding a salary of 300 thousand pounds/week, double the amount that this striker is currently receiving (150 thousand pounds/week). The basis for the Brazilian player's request is because in recent days, many teams have expressed their desire to recruit him. The most notable of which is Tianjin Quanjian from the Chinese Super League, who promised to pay Costa a salary of about 30 million pounds/year.

Taking that opportunity, the former Atletico Madrid striker "indulged" the Chelsea Board of Directors with quite drastic actions, forcing Coach Conte to remove him from the list of players in the match between Chelsea and Leicester City. This is the first time this season that the 28-year-old player has not been named in the Chelsea squad even though he is not suspended or injured. That absence is understood as an internal disciplinary punishment that Coach Conte has given him.

Modern football is dominated by the power of money. Most players are willing to give up their love for the team to follow lucrative contracts. Once their “hearts waver”, it is difficult for that player to wholeheartedly devote himself to the club, no matter how professional he is. And of course, Costa is no exception. With a player willing to refuse to wear the shirt of his native Brazil to play for the Spanish national team, it is not impossible that Costa deliberately rebelled at Chelsea.

At that time, it would be extremely dangerous for the team at Stamford Bridge. Under the reign of coach Conte, The Blue has become a much more united team than last season. If Costa "body in London, soul elsewhere", it will certainly bring significant consequences to the Chelsea dressing room and along with that, the performance on the field will also be negatively affected. Up to now, the Stamford Bridge dressing room has always been considered the most complicated in the "foggy land", even Mourinho had to pack up and leave in bitterness twice, enough to understand how great its potential danger is.

However, Chelsea fans should not be too worried about the prospect of the team no longer having Costa. In the last 2 matches without Costa, Chelsea won all 3 points. The team at Stamford Bridge even won in a jubilant manner thanks to the brilliance of their "substitutes". For example, in the match between Chelsea and Bournemouth on Boxing Day, Hazard and Pedro took turns scoring (along with an own goal by Steve Cook for the away team) to help Conte's team win 3-0.

With the brilliance of Pedro and Willian, Chelsea still won brilliantly even when Costa was absent. Photo: Internet.

Most recently, in the away match at Leicester City's King Power Stadium, Marcos Alonso (double) and Pedro took turns scoring to bring 3 points for Chelsea. This shows that coach Conte is capable of handling the situation in case Costa retires or moves to another team. Not to mention, this is the winter transfer period, so if Conte wants any player to replace Costa, owner Abramovic can immediately respond.

Recent developments indicate that Russian owner Abramovic will not let Costa leave this January because of the team's goal of winning the Premier League title. If the main striker Costa stays as expected by Chelsea fans, it may be a "disadvantage" for the Stamford Bridge team.

Thanh Hung