ANTONIO CONTE is set to lead Chelsea into a new era – by
axing FIVE big name stars from his squad.
The Italian chief, 47, is said to be disheartened by his
team’s start to the season – and even more frustrated that he managed to land
one of his summer targets.
Conte
– fresh from his time with the Italian national side – was happy be managed to
land former Leicester midfielder N’Golo Kante, but is said
to be angered at the Stamford Bridge hierarchy’s lack of ambition in helping
him land other key targets.
IVANOVIC
According to reports, the signing of Michy Batshuayi was
completed in order to pacify sporting director Michael Emenalo.
Meanwhile, the late swoop for David Luiz and Marcos Alonso was purely
desperation in order to give the squad depth.
Conte has told Roman Abramovich the squad needs to be torn
down to its foundations and rebuilt – starting with a five-player cull in
January.
The players with their heads on the block appear to be Nemanja Matic, Branislav Ivanovic,
Cesc Fabregas, Oscar and Gary Cahill.
Italian ace Conte is less than impressed with the quintet,
suggesting they were purely over-performing at times under Jose Mourinho and they
will never be able to replicate that form again.
Following the 3-0 drubbing at the hands of Arsenal,
Conte slammed his team, claiming they are a good squad in theory, but not in
reality.
He said: “We are a great team only on paper, not on the
pitch.
“I prefer to be a great team not only on paper but also on
the pitch. The pitch is the truth. The pitch speaks.
FABREGAS
“The pitch is the most important thing for us: not the
words, not on paper. We must work to change this. We must work a lot”
The Blues
currently sit just eighth in the Premier League table following losses at the
hands of the Gunners and Liverpool
in their past two top flight games.
In fact, Chelsea’s last win in the league came over a month
ago, when they thumped Burnley
3-0 – having drawn 2-2 at Swansea
as well as the pair of losses since.
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