Former Chelsea supervisor, Antonio Conte has revealed the gamers he would have beloved to signal after he led the Blues to profitable their fifth Premier League title.
The Italian Worldwide was talking in an unique interview with the Telegraph the place he was talking about his time within the Premier League with Chelsea and Tottenham. He joined the Blues throughout the 2016 summer time switch window after a disappointing season had simply ended for Chelsea with Guss Hiddink ending the season as an interim supervisor throughout the 2015/16 season.
Conte mentioned within the interview that his fashion of play to have a three-man defence was not a unfavourable strategy to soccer as in comparison with what the general public considered his fashion of play. Based on him the variety of targets scored was on the excessive aspect in comparison with when a workforce in set as much as defend.
He spoke about that his plan was to herald Virgil Van Dijk and Romelu Lukaku to Chelsea after he received the league in 2017.
“My historical past says that I at all times arrived at my golf equipment in a troublesome state of affairs with issues. I at all times construct. After my first season at Chelsea, after we received the title, we may have develop into dominant in England. We spoke with (Romelu) Lukaku and (Virgil) van Dijk, and with these two vital gamers we may have modified the state of affairs.”
He additionally spoke about his what drives him to success every time he joins a membership, a feat he achieved when he was at Juventus, Inter Milan and Chelsea.
“If the ultimate goal is to win the league and elevate trophies, it’s vital to supply leisure to the group,” mentioned Conte. “However to be solely an entertaining workforce shouldn’t be sufficient if you wish to win. I do know as a result of I coached the highest groups and so they at all times requested to win. For me, now it’s unattainable to work for an solely leisure workforce as a result of the expectation is at all times that you must win. I like my previous, however on the identical time the expectation you convey is at all times very excessive and for those who don’t win, you’ve gotten failed. The absolute best choice is to entertain and win. With a realizing smile, he added: “And to be celebrated, I’ve to win. In any other case, the others are ready to rejoice my failure. That is the reality.”
Conte’s final job was with Tottenham Hotspur in 2023, he was sacked halfway into the season following the membership’s poor run of type within the Premier League.
