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Anthony Modeste scored 25 league goals for Cologne last season.
Cologne striker Anthony Modeste’s €35 million transfer to Chinese Super League club Tianjin Quanjian has collapsed after his current club ended discussions.
Following an outstanding season for Cologne with 25 goals in the Bundesliga, Modeste had been expected to seal a move to Tianjin Quanjian.
Last week, Jorg Schmadtke, the club’s sporting director, confirmed that negotiations had reached their final stages, with the transfer fee widely reported to be at €35 million.
On Wednesday, though,…
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The 28-year-old’s future with Chelsea has been in doubt since a training-ground row with Blues boss Antonio Conte in January, and he had been linked to a big-money move to Tianjin Quanjian.
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Tianjin Quanjian have distanced themselves from speculation that they will sign Diego Costa from Chelsea when the domestic transfer window opens on June 19.
The Chinese Super League side have been linked to the 28-year-old since the turn of the year, but in a statement published on the club’s website on Tuesday afternoon Tianjin denied they had been in contact with either the player or Costa’s agent.
“Regarding the rumours and reports that Tianjin Quanjian Football Club’s 2017 summer transfer plan…
English Premier League: Diego Costa (23′) Chelsea 1-0 Middlesbrough
Chelsea cruised to a home win to cement their table lead and see Middlesbrough relegated from the Premier League.
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Costa has been strongly linked to Tianjin Quanjian throughout the season with reports that the Chinese club made a £75 million bid to Chelsea for Costa, whom they were willing to pay £650,000 per week.
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Tianjin Quanjian recently denied reports in the Spanish media that the 28-year-old had reached a preliminary…
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte remained tight-lipped over the potential transfer of Diego Costa to China in the offseason.
Fabio Cannavaro was left ruing the lack of a top-class striker after seeing Tianjin Quanjian lose 3-1 to Changchun Yatai as speculation continues that his club will sign Diego Costa from Chelsea.
Tianjin lost Alexandre Pato to injury at half-time as they trailed 2-1, with Axel Witsel scoring from the penalty spot for Cannavaro’s team to cancel out Anzur Ismailov’s opener, before Szabolcs Huszti gave Changchun the lead at the break.
Huszti scored the decisive third goal 11 minutes from time as Changchun…
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Tianjin Quanjian have dismissed speculation that they are close to a deal to sign Chelsea striker Diego Costa.
Tianjin owner and president Shu Yuhui had earlier fuelled speculation that his club would sign Costa this summer by telling fans a top striker would soon join.
“Now it appears that we will introduce a foreign world-class striker,” he told Jinwan newspaper. “We have three candidates now. It won’t be long before we announce who to sign.
“Our team is working very hard on the negotiation. Tianjin…
Alexandre Pato got Tianjin Quanjian off the mark in style in their Chinese Super League clash with Jiangsu Suning.
Alexandre Pato scored a controversial penalty to help Tianjin Quanjian draw 2-2 with Jiangsu Suning.