• Marcos Alonso set to join Chelsea on loan from Fiorentina
Antonio Conte has admitted Chelsea are unlikely to secure his first-choice targets before Wednesday’s deadline as the club face up to the reality that the landscape of the transfer market has changed radically in the wake of the latest Premier League broadcast deal.
Chelsea, who welcome Burnley to Stamford Bridge on Saturday, went into the summer window without being able to offer prospective signings the carrot of Champions League football for the first time since Roman Abramovich purchased the club in 2003.
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