Chelsea Boss: If I Could Sign One Striker It Would Be…

Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe wanted to keep the defender for the whole season but Conte activated a clause in the deal to bring him back in January with Chelsea in need of cover at the back. He also reached the final of both the World Cup and European Championship with Italy. ‘I don’t know anything about this situation.

“As you know, last season was a little bit hard and there appeared to be a distinct lack of concentration throughout the campaign and that really didn’t help the team”, he added.

Probably not, however, in the season ahead. He won the competition as a player at Juventus but has experienced only 16 games as a coach.

Chelsea hope to sign up to four more players before the end of the transfer window next month.

That was until Kondogbia handed the Premier League champions a lifeline in truly freakish fashion, his attempted back-pass soaring over the stranded Padelli and into the top-left corner of the net.

The Italian responded by claiming that youngsters are not willing to bide their time and work hard for first-team chances, insisting they would rather take the easier option of moving to a different club. We are not trying to sell him.

‘Sometimes I think the young players lose their patience very quickly, ‘ said the former Italy manager.

The Spain worldwide made his unofficial Chelsea debut last Tuesday in the 3-2 defeat to Bayern Munich, before starting for the first time in the Blues’ 2-1 loss to Inter Milan.

“I also went to the hotel and met James (Rodriguez), Muller and Robert Lewandowski, and Lewandowski signed an autograph for me”. ‘This is the reality, ‘ said Conte. For them it is easier because they have a good structure with a good base of 17 or 18 players.

Conte called out the youngsters for their lack of patience in waiting for a first-team opportunity at Chelsea, but Ake has come out saying it was necessary for his career. “If you go to buy Kane now it would be at least £100 million”.