Costa was a key player during Conte’s debut season at Chelsea, scoring 20 goals in 35 games as the west Londoners won the Premier League title.
Despite that form, Costa was told by Conte that he did not feature in the club’s plans for the following season, as Chelsea had spent £58 million to sign Alvaro Morata from Real Madrid.
He was ultimately left out of the squad, before a deal was agreed to see Costa rejoin former Atletico Madrid in January 2018.
Costa did not feature for Chelsea for the first six months of the 2017/2018 season after being knocked out by Conte, and the forward’s bad feelings about his unceremonious exclusion have remained.
Speaking to ex-Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel on The Obi One Podcast, Costa criticized Conte and said ‘no one’ at Chelsea enjoyed working under the Italian.
“He’s someone who doesn’t trust others. He thinks he knows everything,” Costa said.
“You don’t like training with him; he is always angry, always with a long face. The players wanted me to come back, but no one liked him, so he didn’t last long.”
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