Diego Costa has taken pre-season training into his own hands with an improvised training session on a Brazilian beach, reports Sky Sports.

In a video uploaded to Costa's Instagram account, he is seen exercising on the sand with the help of two assistants, one holding him back while the other feeds him the ball.

Blues boss Antonio Conte opted to omit the player from the club's recent pre-season tour of Asia and Costa did not join the squad as they returned to training at Cobham on Monday.