Paul Merson predicts where Chelsea will finish next season

Manchester United complete signing of Matic
Antonio Conte confirms Kenedy is not in his Chelsea squad plans ...
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05 August, 2017

Jose Mourinho expressed his delight at getting a player that he also made a request for while he was at Chelsea and will be hoping that he can help in providing depth in the squad even though he is still looking to sign on more players.

Antonio Conte's body language said more than his words when he was quizzed on the decision to sell Nemanja Matic to Manchester United.

Conte said: "I do not feel under more pressure than previous year". "I'm sure about that". But I'm sure about this.

'That was special for me and I'm happy to make my debut for such a big club like Manchester United.

The west London side have signed four players so far this summer after having wrapped up deals for Willy Caballero, Antonio Rudiger, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Alvaro Morata ahead of the new campaign.

"It is very important to improve our squad", he said.

'We need more players, not top level like Neymar but more players to improve our squad and our quality'.

"The most important thing is the club knows my opinions, they are trying to do the best for our team, for our squad, now we have to wait, we must have patience, to try to improve our team, our squad". Regardless of whether new signings arrive before the start of the season, before the end of the transfer window, or ever at all, the players who are with the team have to step up their game to the new season's challenge. But I think Morata is a really good player and he can compete with every striker in the world to try to play. Responding to comments from the player's legal representative Ricardo Cardoso that the Italian had made it "impossible" for Costa to play for Chelsea again due to how he had "dismissed" him with a text message, Conte re-iterated that the player's camp "knew very well" what the stance was since January.

Games against Arsenal in part shaped Chelsea's Premier League title-winning season, when Conte revived the Blues from 10th the previous term.

According to the Standard, Eden Hazard will miss Sunday's encounter as he continues his recovery from an ankle operation.


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