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 by ordering his top of the range motor to be dumped in a youth team bay at the club’s training ground. Costa has been AWOL for the first month of the new season after boss Antonio Conte told him he no longer featured in his first team plans at Stamford Bridge. PA:PRESS ASSOCIATION Diego Costa has been handed a fresh snub by Chelsea after his car was dumped in a youth team bay JIM BENNETT Chelsea bosses ordered the Range Rover owned by Costa to be moved from the first team car park at their Cobham training ground

Chelsea will   continue negotiations with Leicester City over their bid for Danny Drinkwater which could cost them more than £30 million . The Premier League champions have offered £25m for Drinkwater but the two clubs's valuations are still too far apart for agreement and Leicester are understood to want something approaching £40m. Chelsea remain hopeful that a deal can be struck in the next few days and believe Leicester are only delaying a sale while they search for a replacement. It is understood that Drinkwater is interested in the move. Chelsea are also keen on Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Juventus left-back Alex Sandro, Everton's Ross Barkley and  Swansea's Fernando Llorente  and Antonio Conte made a fresh call for signings after Sunday's 2-0 victory over Ronald Koeman's team. Paid content This Game Can Train Your Brain to Think Strategically (No  Throne: Kingdom at War Recommended by ...

Getty Image The Gunners have remained adamant all summer that they will not sell the Chile international but City are set to test the water late in the day Manchester City are set to test Arsenal's resolve with a last-ditch bid for forward Alexis Sanchez,  Goal  understands. As reported by Goal all summer , City had been confident of bringing Alexis to the Etihad Stadium, but the Gunners have been steadfast in their insistence that the Chile international is not for sale.

Birmingham City have signed Chelsea midfielder Jeremie Boga on a season's loan from Stamford Bridge. The Ivory Coast player has spent the past two seasons on loan with French side Rennes and  Granada in Spain. The Marseille-born 20-year-old was capped by France at under-16, under-17 and under-19 level, but then switched to Ivory Coast earlier in 2017, making his debut in June. Boga becomes City boss Harry Redknapp's ninth signing of the summer. He made his Premier League debut in Chelsea's shock opening day 3-2 home loss to Burnley - but was substituted on 18 minutes following Gary Cahill's red card. He follows the Championship club's  triple signing  of Arsenal full-backs Carl Jenkinson and Cohen Bramall, plus Southampton's Sam Gallagher on loan until the end of the season. During the close season Redknapp had already completed the re-signing of 

Borussia Dortmund have signed Dynamo Kiev and Ukraine forward Andriy Yarmolenko for an undisclosed fee on a four-year contract. The 27-year-old's arrival was announced moments before Barcelona revealed  they had signed  Dortmund forward Ousmane Dembele in a £135.5m deal. "Andriy is a player we have been pursuing for a long time," said Dortmund sports director  Michael Zorc. Yarmolenko is a three-time winner of the Ukraine Premier League with Kiev. He has scored 137 goals in 339 competitive games for Kiev and played 69 matches, scoring 29 times, for Ukraine.

Liverpool are prepared to test Monaco's resolve to keep midfielder Thomas Lemar with a club record offer of about £60m before Thursday's transfer deadline. Manager Jurgen Klopp is an admirer of the 21-year-old and while no official bid has yet been tabled, there is definite interest from Anfield. Any move for Lemar is not linked to the future of midfielder Philippe Coutinho. Liverpool have rejected three offers from Barcelona for the Brazilian, the latest in  the region of £114m. France international Lemar, who can play centrally or out wide, also attracted interest from Arsenal this summer, but Gunners boss Arsene Wenger claimed their interest in the player was "dead" after insisting Monaco had closed the door on further sales. The Ligue 1 champions have already sold Bernardo Silva and Benjamin Mendy to Manchester City and Tiemoue Bakayoko to Chelsea - with teenage striker Kylian Mbappe also on the brink of joining Paris St-Germain. A record deal for...