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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 21209281" data-attributes="member: 158020">Conte ignoring Costa to China talk <img src="http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/omnisport/3f/5b/costa-cropped_1d58al1wuubai1fct6ye401p7s.jpg?t=-925351641&w=620&h=430" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Antonio Conte has played down reports Diego Costa has agreed a close-season switch to China. Costa sat out last month's 3-0 victory at Leicester City following a reported disagreement over a back injury, with talk of a move to the Chinese Super League's Tianjin Quanjian gathering momentum.goalscoring return to the first-team fold and Conte declared the Spain international happy at Stamford Bridge.However, reports on Friday claimed Costa had agreed a £30million-a-year deal to leave Chelsea for China at the end of the season. Commenting on the persistent links, Conte said: "I don't know, but every week I hear a lot of news and a lot of speculation about Diego."I think now the most important thing is to be focused on this championship and we are in a good position. "Diego is an important player for us and he is happy. This is the most important thing. The summer is a long way away."Chelsea were linked with moves for Celtic pair Moussa Dembele and Craig Gordon towards the back end of the January transfer window. "For Dembele, I never talked with my club about this player," said Conte. "For Gordon, we tried because we wanted to help Asmir Begovic satisfy his request to go and play every game - I always told him if we were able to find a right solution he could leave. "We tried, but when the club told us it was not possible, we finished."Begovic had been linked with a move to Bournemouth but that transfer never materialised after Conte failed to secure a replacement.</blockquote>

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