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Jiangsu Suning confirm push for Chelsea striker Diego Costa (and Balotelli, Ibra)

Chelsea striker Diego Costa is on Jiangsu Suning's shopping list.

The mega-rich club shocked Liverpool earlier this year when they landed Brazilian star Alex Teixeira for a whopping £38million, just a week after signing Chelsea's Ramires for £25m.

Dan Petrescu's side are now plotting to snap up a new goalscorer as they look to build on last year's Chinese FA Cup success, says The Sun.

Diego Costa, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Mario Balotelli and Mario Mandzukic are all on the radar, and physio Zoran Rajcic has confirmed that one of them will be plying their trade in the Super League next season.

Rajcic told Sportske Novosti: “The Suning company that owns the club has global ambitions, it is planning to buy a 20 per cent holding in Inter Milan.

“Here is a snippet of information to show what they are going for. This summer we are going to get one of these four attackers: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Diego Costa, Mario Balotelli or Mario Mandzukic.

“Someone will have to go, without a doubt, but it will not be Sammir. He is one of our key players and in the form of his life."

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