AC Milan CEO Marco Fassone has confirmed the club have held talks with Chelsea striker Diego Costa's agent.
The Brazil-born Spain international is expected to leave the Premier League champions after Chelsea completed the club-record capture of Alvaro Morata from Real Madrid.
Costa's former club Atletico Madrid have been mooted as his most likely destination, but the LaLiga club are under a transfer ban until January and Fassone has hinted big-spending Milan could step in.
"I would prefer to avoid talking about players from other teams; Diego Costa is a great player, but a Chelsea player," Fassone told Sky Sports.
"We went to see [Costa's agent] Jorge Mendes; there is a lot you can talk to him about. Costa is a great player but he is of Chelsea. That's all."
Milan have already made 10 signings ahead of the new Serie A season, including the arrivals of Leonardo Bonucci and Andre Silva, but coach Vincenzo Montella is reportedly keen to add another striker to his squad, with Borussia Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang among those linked with a switch to San Siro.
