Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Douglas Costa has admitted he dreams of a move to the Premier League with title contenders Chelsea being his preferred destination . Costa , who has a release clause of more than £35million with the Ukrainian side , was originally linked with a move to La Liga giants Barcelona . However , the 24-year-old has revealed to FourFourTwo that both Manchester United and Chelsea had bids for him turned down in January , with Costa hoping a move to the latter could still take place . Shakhtar Donetsk ace Douglas Costa fights for the ball with David Alaba in the Champions League . Shakhtar midfielder Costa squares up to Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng at the Allianz Arena . He said : ‘ I ’ d be really interested in moving to Chelsea – not only because everything Willian tells me about the club , but because I think that I ’ d be able to achieve everything I want having someone like Jose Mourinho by my side . ‘ Since I left Brazil , I have worked with a marvellous coach ( Mircea Lucescu ) and got an idea of how much influence such a good professional can have in your football . ‘ Now I think it ’ s time to try a new philosophy and I ’ m sure that Mourinho ’ s is the best around He ’ s always fighting for trophies. ’ Costa and midfielder Franck Ribery vie for the ball during the UEFA Champions League second-leg . The current Premier League leaders had an increased offer of £18.7million for the Brazilian rejected in January , having already had an opening bid of £16million rejected days earlier . But because he was cup-tied for the Champions League the former Gremio man was only ever Mourinho 's second choice . Instead Chelsea used the money raised from the sale of Andre Schurrle to sign Fiorentina midfielder Juan Cuadrado after activating the 26-year-old 's £26.8million buy-out clause .
Douglas Costa has revealed he dreams of moving to Chelsea . Midfielder says he wants to move to the Premier League to work with Jose Mourinho . Friend and Brazilian teammate Willian has made Costa want the move . But Shakhtar Donetsk ace Costa has release clause of £35million .