Chelsea’s David Luiz plays down Diego Costa row speculation
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David Luiz shrugged off the recent attention surrounding his Chelsea teammate Diego Costa, telling SFR Sport that “people talk a lot without knowing anything.”
Costa marked his return to the side on Sunday with the opening goal in the Blues’ 2-0 victory over Hull City, having been left out of Jan. 14’s 3-0 win at Leicester City after a training ground row over a back injury, amid links with move to Chinese Super League club Tianjin Quanjian.
The Spain international gave his manager Antonio Conte a warm handshake after being substituted late on in Sunday’s win against the Tigers, which sent Chelsea eight points clear…