“That is a very loose term, but you have to work, not talk”.
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It’s important to look at ourselves and not the others.
Speaking to L’Equipe, Hazard said: “Conte puts trust in his players and now we are good after an ugly season a year ago”.
I am happy because I saw all the players with good fitness.
“We have worked very hard and we are buying into what is happening here”.
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has hit back at criticism of his surprise move for David Luiz by claiming the Brazilian can become one of the world’s best defenders.
However, Conte has told that the two new boys are unlikely to start on Sunday.
“I think the new players need a bit of time to work with the new methods, philosophy and new idea of football. For this reason, I think the chance to play at the start is not high”.
Luiz made a shock return to Stamford Bridge in the final hours of the transfer window in a deal reportedly worth around £34 million, just two years after Paris Saint-Germain made him the most expensive defender ever when they paid £50m to take him from Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is not concerned by the fortunes of his side’s title rivals, insisting Leicester City’s triumph last season shows it is too early to identify favourites.
“We needed to have a game plan, the tactics and way we want to play drilled into everyone and everybody buy into it”.
“I know sometimes he’s played as a central midfielder but in my mind the idea is to utilise him in the right position which, for me, is centre back”. “That’s important. Then, when we start to work, we work”, he said. If someone thinks this player loses his concentration during the game, my task is to improve him in that aspect.
Conte is confident the new signings can play an important part in the campaign ahead. He has good technique and personality like Bonucci because he likes to play football.
Last season, as defending champions, they managed just one win from their first five under Mourinho – who was sacked in December. Every player. Also when you are 32, 33, 36.
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“So if I had the opportunity to go back into the past, I would say a special thank you to everybody because I spent three-and-a-half years here and they were incredible”.
