Antonio Conte is unable to guarantee if Diego
Costa will remain at Chelsea next season, amid
reports of interest from his former club Atletico
Madrid.
Costa, who signed for Chelsea in 2014 on a five-
year contract, has not featured in either of the
club's preseason games on their U.S. tour so far.
Speaking at a news conference after the 3-2
defeat against Real Madrid, Conte insisted this
was because of injury.
Conte said: "I speak for today and today Costa is
Chelsea's player. Tomorrow if you ask me if Costa
will remain with us, I don't know.
"I can say that today Costa is a Chelsea player.
He didn't play in these games because of injury
and if he solves the injury and I see in training
he's in good shape it can be possible to see him
in the next game against AC Milan [on
Wednesday]. But I can tell you only this."
When asked about Chelsea's interest in re-signing
Romelu Lukaku from Everton, Conte chose not to
elaborate.
He said: "I don't want to speak about players of
other teams. This is not respectful for the club or
for my players. I prefer not to speak."
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