N’golo Kante. The French global was sensational for Leicester last season.
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Swansea City manager Francesco Guidolin is still unsure if striker Borja Baston will be fit enough to feature in Sunday’s home game against Chelsea. The Welsh side signed Baston from Atletico Madrid for 15.5 million pounds ($20.61 million) in the close season, but he is yet to make an appearance for the club.
“The teams he manages play with his characteristics – they play like he used to play”, Llorente added.
Conte was happy with his side’s ability to keep a clean sheet and maintain some defencive consistency.
“I think we have a good team”, Guidolin declared. In Routledge, Barrow and Llorente, he has colleagues who could inflict some damage on the Chelsea defence and the player will need to ensure that he plays the role of being his side’s attacking lynchpin to perfection.
“He came through the back of me”. When you stay too much behind, there is the long ball and anything can happen.
However, with Kante continuing with his good form at the Stamford Bridge, the Iceland worldwide will have his task cut out and will need to put in a solid performance.
“It’s not the same I know, but I’ve played the 90 minutes that I’ve needed”.
“I think Conte will be a success at Chelsea”, he told the Swans’ matchday programme.
“I don’t think people will forget about me here as the Premier League is the most watched league [in football]”.
Having played under Antonio Conte at Juventus, Swansea’s Fernando Llorente expects him to win the Premier League with Chelsea.
“We prepared another game before Leicester, but they played very well in the first half and they deserved to win”.
The Belgian has started the season very strongly and seems ready to remind people why he won the PFA Player of the Year award at the end of the 2014/15 season.
Guidolin has been pleased with his team’s training ahead of this fixture.
Therefore, with Kurt Zouma still out with a long-term knee injury, I expect Conte to stick with the back four that started at Burnley with Gary Cahill alongside John Terry and Branislav Ivanovic and Cesar Azpilicueta in the full-back positions.
The 27-year-old was an unused substitute in Spain’s 8-0 win over Liechtenstein on September 5, but is an important part of Conte’s starting eleven and will surely keep his place in the team.
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“It’s very hard to talk because we lost two points”, the former Italian national coach told Sky Sports. “We have lost that a bit but I am sure we will show that again”.
