Antonio Conte retains the support of the Chelsea hierarchy despite this week’s loss to Roma, the Daily Mirror say.
There was speculation over Conte’s future as Blues boss even before the 3-0 defeat in the Champions League.
But the Mirror say support for him within the club remains high and that there is sympathy for the difficulties he has faced, particularly injuries to the likes of Eden Hazard and N’Golo Kante this season.
The Mirror also say Chelsea will back Conte with more new signings in January, with a move for Juventus wing-back Alex Sandro said to be likely.
However, reports that Conte is unhappy with the club’s recruitment continue – The Times say he is worried that Chelsea are short of leaders in the dressing room as a result of the club’s recent transfer dealings.
Meanwhile, the Daily Telegraph say Chelsea’s medical staff with try to push Kante into returning to action in this weekend’s game against Manchester United.
Kante has been badly missed while sidelined with a hamstring problem, not least during the defeat by Roma.
And The Sun have picked up on recent reports in France linking Arsenal with a move for Chelsea youngster Charly Musonda.
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Bakayoko Is A Good Tackler Of The Ball But Is V Poor In The Passing Aspect. Conte Shud Switch To A 433 Formation: Alonso, Rudigar, Luiz/christensen, Azpilicueta Should Play At The Bk With Bakayoko, Drinkwater, Kante In The Middle While Hazard, Morata And Pedro Should Form The Attacking 3
for me bakoyoko is not support to play ball for Chelsea while we have fabregas Kante and drinkwater my advice here is that conte should not use bakoyoko against man United if he want us to win man United please Antonio conte helps us
Please our mr coach try and use combination of kante and drinkwater against man united please and please, then try to learn how to be bench Cahill for Christensen bcus the boy has future in Chelsea. what a good Christensen
Pls antone conte since when u buy bakayoko for me i don't like is partern of play pls bench bakayoko nd fab nd pair drinkingwater nd kante together
Conte has to adapt quickly to a new formation since 3-4-3 is now mastered by many coaches and tacticians.
conte need to buy another striker to support morata, then bakayoko is not good enough, conte need to bench bakayoko and fabregas for kante and Drinkwater
My name is Bright Adonis from Lekki
We Chelsea fans and de club worry so.much...we should just leave Conte alone ...Zidane of real madrid won both champions league and laliga last season and we all can see Wat they ar facing..we are too impatients!
The clubs refused to back Conte with quality signings ..what do u expect? Hw can we as a renounce team be having just one Center defense? We all knw dat Conte is a good coach! Better soup na money kill ham...Let CONTE be pls!
This are the player we need to take the champion league ....Alex Sandro. Andrea Belotti.Ross Barkley ...pls we need this 3 players. To take the champion league plssss
the coach's competence is beyond reproach, he just has been given nothing to work with. chelsea have only one adequate midfielder , (injured at the moment), bakayoko is turning into a disastrous liability, fab, (in on-and-off mode lately) is just a passer of pretty balls, drinkwater is filing a "homegrown" requirement quota, the appalling underappreciation and finally loss of matic to mou, (who managed to hurt chelsea yet again - lukaku, de breune, sallah) happened to be the last act of self-mutilation, so let's brace ourselves for another shambolic mess of a perfomance on Sunday and a mediocre season.
Pls we need striker morata is not good enough