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Costa trains alone
Diego Costa is reported to have trained on his own on Monday as he continues his recovery from a back injury.
Costa missed Saturday's Premier League win at Leicester on the back of reports of a falling out with manager Antonio Conte over his future.
Conte revealed the striker had not trained for three days due to the injury but it was reported that the Spain international had a disagreement with the manager and his coaching staff after he was the subject of a big-money offer from China.
"This is the truth. On Tuesday Diego stopped training because he felt a pain in his back and from that moment he doesn't train again this week. And for this reason today he wasn't available - for the starting XI or the bench or the squad. This is the reason, this is the truth," COnte said after the 3-0 win at the King Power Stadium.
"I think there has been a lot of speculation about this topic. If there is a problem, and I repeat if, with the players then in my career I prefer to sort the problem in the changing room, not outside and not in press conference. But I repeat - if. I have told the truth."
With the rest of his team-mates on a two-day break, Costa returned to the training ground on Sunday and Monday to work on his fitness and he will be evaluated by the medical staff on Tuesday to determine whether or not he can take part in first-team training.
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