Diego
Costa was not fined £185,000 by Chelsea, according to Sky sources.
A report in
The Sun on Wednesday claimed the Spain international
was made to pay the fine before being allowed to return to first-team
training.
Costa missed Chelsea's 3-0 victory away at Leicester on Saturday, with a
back injury being the official reason for his absence, and trained on his
own for two days following the win over the Premier League champions.
A source at Chelsea told
SSNHQ: "We don't fine players when they
injure their backs."
Sky Sports News HQ understand Costa is in contention to make his Chelsea
return at home to Hull City on Nissan Super Sunday, after holding "amicable"
talks with the club.
Costa held an hour-long meeting with the club at their Cobham training base
on Tuesday, before rejoining the first-team squad for a practice session.
Sky sources understand Costa was involved in a training ground row with head
coach Antonio Conte last week against the backdrop of a £30m-a-year offer
from Chinese club Tianjin Quanjian.
Tianjin Quanjian's owner has since indicated Costa's hopes of moving to the
Chinese Super League have been scuppered by a new restriction on foreign
players.
Chelsea declined to confirm whether talks between the club and Costa took
place when contacted by
Sky Sports News HQ.
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