Diego Costa refused to train with his Atletico Madrid teammates after the club opened misconduct proceedings into his red card at Barcelona – Spanish media.
The striker was shown a straight red card during the loss at Barcelona earlier this month by referee Gil Manzano, who stated in his post-match report that Costa insulted his mother, and that was the reason for the dismissal.
Costa has denied using a derogatory term towards the referee and as expected an appeal was launched on his behalf by the club but that proved unsuccessful.
The report now claims that video footage has proved that is not the case and Atleti will now seek to internally punish the player.
Reuters say that ‘personal reasons’ were the reason behind Costa’s refusal to train with Los Rojiblancos, rather than any injury or fitness issue.
