Chelsea drop Costa after row over fitness, reports say


Britain Football Soccer - Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea - Premier League - White Hart Lane - 4/1/17 Chelsea's Diego Costa Reuters / Dylan Martinez Livepic EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

(Reuters) - Diego Costa has been dropped from the squad of Premier League leaders Chelsea for the match at champions Leicester City after a row over his fitness, according to media reports on Friday.

Costa, the Premier League's leading scorer with 14 goals, will miss Saturday's game following a disagreement with Chelsea manager Antonio Conte and a club fitness coach Julio Tous, the reports say.

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