Chelsea have moved to deny reports that club captain John Terry and striker Diego Costa were involved in a training ground bust-up according to the Daily Mail.
The Blues have endured a miserable start to their Premier League title defence and speculation is rife that in-fighting has been partly to blame.
talkSPORT reporter Stan Collymore suggested that Terry and Costa had clashed during a training session but then apologized for the claim.
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Jose Mourinho’s side have suffered three defeats in their opening five Premier League fixtures. the same number of losses Chelsea racked up through the entire 2014/15 season, and find themselves 11 points off early season pace-setters Man City.
Chelsea will hope to get their season back on track with a win over Israeli side Maccabi Tel-Aviv on Wednesday night.