Today’s tell-all comes to you in a bit of a hurry
It’s fair to say that Chelsea manager Antonio Conte’s introduction to the Premier League has been quite the eye-opener. His key £30m midfield holding man N’Golo Kanté appears to have lost the ability to run, while £34m central defender David Luiz’s most telling impact has been passing on some of his old circus tricks to Gary Cahill. What he really needs is his old pals Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini to come and form that familiar wall at Stamford Bridge for him. But it says here that that isn’t going to happen. So instead he’ll have to hope that Burnley’s Michael Keane is hot for a history lesson, particularly a 1950s-style schooling in catenaccio.
Apparently, £25m will free the Burnley defender from Sean Dyche’s grasp. But Conte won’t stop there. There is another blip appearing on the radar of the Chelsea manager – and it can be traced to Ben Davies at Tottenham Hotspur. The Italian will attempt to woo the Wales international down to south-west London by offering him loads of first-team football and the request to do the defensive duties of two people.
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