Diego Costa admitted he wanted to quit Chelsea at the start of the season and was "angling for a move back to Atletico Madrid".
The Blues striker revealed he found the transition from La Liga to the Premier League more difficult than he had anticipated.
And after picking up bans - one relating to an incident involving Laurent Koscielny, the other for a stamp on Emre Can, another for a clash with Gareth Barry - the previous season, wanted out of Chelsea.
"Here [the Premier League] things happen on the pitch and who is banned for three matches? Me," said Costa, Speaking on Sky Sports.
"Who was banned for another three matches again? Me.
"So I'm here in London, not playing so I am at home really upset and that annoyed me every time and no matter how hard I tried I was still having problems.
"It's supposed to be the best league in the world but it doesn't make sense that if you touch someone or go in a bit hard you get banned for three matches.
"If those are the rules then I have to respect them. But all of this was making me want to leave the Premier League.
"At the beginning of the season I was angling for a move back to Atletico Madrid because I felt like I couldn't play the way I wanted to."
Costa has scored 17 Premier League goals this season for a dominant Chelsea side. Though the Brazil-born Spanish international is still being linked with the Chinese League.
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