Diego Costa treated like a 'criminal' in Chelsea and wants to join Atletico Madrid
Costa says the club are now demanding he return to train with the reserves.
"Why won't they let me go if they don't want me?" he told the Daily Mail.
"I have to do what I have to do. I have to think of myself. I've been a good boy here and tried to do the right thing. My desire is to go to Atletico."
Costa joined Chelsea from Atletico
Madrid in 2014 and has won two Premier League titles and the League Cup with
the London club.
In January, he was left out of the
Chelsea side for an away match at Leicester after he was involved in a dispute
with a fitness coach.
It followed reports of an offer from
China that would have been worth £30m a year in salary.
"In January, things happened
with the coach," said Costa. "I was on the brink of renewing my contract
and they put the brakes on it. I suspect the manager was behind it. He asked
for that to happen.
"His ideas are very fixed and
clear. I have seen the sort of person he is. He has his own opinion and that
will not change.
"I respect him as a great
coach. He has done a good job and I can see that, but as a person, no. He is
not a coach who is very close with his players. He is very distant. He doesn't
possess charisma."
In June, Costa said Conte sent him a text telling him he would not be
part of the squad for next season.
"I have not deleted the
message," he added. "If people accuse me of lying, I can show them.
It was clear, saying that he didn't count on me and wishing me the best for the
future. Full stop."
The Spain striker was given extra
time off by Chelsea last month, but now claims he is being fined for his
absence and is considering legal action or seeing out the remaining year of his
contract unpaid in his native Brazil.
"You know that the manager
doesn't want me," added Costa.
"I am waiting for Chelsea to
set me free. I didn't want to leave. I was happy. When the manager does not
want you, you have to go."
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