Yet it appears a more pressing priority is to bring in defensive reinforcements after AC Milan rejected the Blues’ £30 million (S$53.53 million) bid for Alessio Romagnoli.
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Chelsea are back in action in two weeks’ time when facing Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium.
It was a very key topic that many football publications analyzed- as Eden Hazard rises and falls, so have the Blues the past two years.
Owen Hargreaves is confident Chelsea supporters will see the best of Eden Hazard this season.
His manager Antonio Conte suggested that Willian was in contention to start this weekend, telling reporters at his Friday press conference, “He had a good session with the team today”.
“I don’t want to tell you who. but I have to check on Saturday”, Conte added.
“We know Chelsea is a great team and a great team must fight to the end for the title”. That is good news for the players, for me and for the fans.
Antonio Conte has sent a warning to his Chelsea players to “kill the game” off after watching his side concede twice against League One team Bristol Rovers.
“After the first day I saw his will to work very well, to improve, to find good shape, but I also can tell that Eden’s performance can improve a lot”.
“But I’m pleased for his work-rate and commitment during the training session”.
“It’s important to keep pressing him but I can decide to play him at the start tomorrow, yes”. I think that he has the right characteristics to play in this role. When you have these players with great talent, it s good for me to put them in the best condition to excite with this talent.
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“You don’t have to look too far beyond the amount of these clubs spend on players and then if you spend enough you’re going to get some very high quality footballers. The attitude is good and I like this”.
