Antonio Conte - Now Officially Manager

[ivorycoast]

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte decided to sell Nemanja Matic to Manchester United, according to Paul Ince.

He told Paddy Power: “There’s talk of Conte’s relationship with Abramovich and the sale of Nemanja Matic.

“I can’t help but think that if you’re the manager who has just won the Premier League in your first season in England, who’s now in the Champions League, the decision of whether or not to keep Matic came from Conte and no one else.

“I think people just like to say Abramovich was involved to make an exciting story.

“You’ve got Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher saying he didn’t want to sell Matic – well I’m fairly sure he mustn’t have had a huge issue with him going, or he’d still be at the club.

“So now you’re in a situation where everyone is asking how he could sell Matic to a rival like Man Utd, but at the end of the day that was his decision and he clearly thought that it would be okay.

“Who Conte buys and sells comes from him and no one else. I refuse to buy anything else.”

[brakeit]

This guy is all wrong.
Conte already have said by himself on a press, that he don`t wanted to sell Matic and it was the board decision.

He even explain that:

"Matic knows very well what I think about him.

“The importance for me about this player, who is a really good player, a top player, very important for our team, but sometimes you must accept this crazy transfer market.

"And sometimes you must accept different decisions. But he is a great loss for us."

“Bakayoko is a good signing for us. He is very young. My idea was to give Bakayoko the right time to adapt in this league behind Matic. But now after the sale of Matic, we need to try to accelerate this process for Bakayoko after his injury.”

-Antonio Conte

It`s obvious as a bright day  who decision that was.

Also on a direct question for Matic on the press, he said it wasn`t my decision, you should not ask me.

Every interview i look at him lately, he speak like he have very little influence on the transfers. He is almost ready to say i`m only a coach here. And he always said the board, not WE.

To me that tells a lot.

 

Edited August 16, 2017 by brakeit

[Chelsbear]

Ince clearly doesn't know what he's talking about. 

Remember Jose saying he didn't want to sell Cech to Arsenal but the board decided to do it. 

Managers these days tend to have little say who comes and goes as the turnover of managers is pretty regular at clubs nowadays. 

 

[Womble]

What Paul Ince knows about CFC you could write on the back of a 2nd class stamp ffs...

[ForeverCarefree]

16 hours ago, ivorycoast said:

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte decided to sell Nemanja Matic to Manchester United, according to Paul Ince.

He told Paddy Power: “There’s talk of Conte’s relationship with Abramovich and the sale of Nemanja Matic.

“I can’t help but think that if you’re the manager who has just won the Premier League in your first season in England, who’s now in the Champions League, the decision of whether or not to keep Matic came from Conte and no one else.

“I think people just like to say Abramovich was involved to make an exciting story.

“You’ve got Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher saying he didn’t want to sell Matic – well I’m fairly sure he mustn’t have had a huge issue with him going, or he’d still be at the club.

“So now you’re in a situation where everyone is asking how he could sell Matic to a rival like Man Utd, but at the end of the day that was his decision and he clearly thought that it would be okay.

“Who Conte buys and sells comes from him and no one else. I refuse to buy anything else.”

And that's why Paul Ince is a failed football manager. 

[dkw]

44 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

And that's why Paul Ince is a failed football manager. 

Yep, we should definitely be listening to the amazing Paul f**king Ince...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/oofuss/vlcsnap-43555.png

 

[Scooby Blue]

So Paul Ince who has no connection with us decided to speculate on what he thinks might have or might have not happened and decided to share his opinion with Paddy Power 

The press really are scraping the barrel.

[JM7]

Read this in Daily Mail today. Bit concerning if true. 

"It comes as pressure grows on Conte, whose players are becoming bewildered by the club's transfer policy. 

Several first-team members are frustrated the squad has not been strengthened after last season's Premier League title success. 

They also have some sympathy with Costa, and Brazilian winger Willian is understood to be fearful he may be the next to be cut adrift by Conte. 

Sources close to the dressing room believe Conte does not entirely trust Willian". 

Its a dangerous game when players start questioning the clubs transfer policy. 

[Valerie]

1 hour ago, JM7 said:

Read this in Daily Mail today. Bit concerning if true. 

"It comes as pressure grows on Conte, whose players are becoming bewildered by the club's transfer policy. 

Several first-team members are frustrated the squad has not been strengthened after last season's Premier League title success. 

They also have some sympathy with Costa, and Brazilian winger Willian is understood to be fearful he may be the next to be cut adrift by Conte. 

Sources close to the dressing room believe Conte does not entirely trust Willian". 

Its a dangerous game when players start questioning the clubs transfer policy. 

Based on.....?

[kiwi1691]

1 hour ago, JM7 said:

Read this in Daily Mail today. Bit concerning if true. 

"It comes as pressure grows on Conte, whose players are becoming bewildered by the club's transfer policy. 

Several first-team members are frustrated the squad has not been strengthened after last season's Premier League title success. 

They also have some sympathy with Costa, and Brazilian winger Willian is understood to be fearful he may be the next to be cut adrift by Conte. 

Sources close to the dressing room believe Conte does not entirely trust Willian". 

Its a dangerous game when players start questioning the clubs transfer policy. 

 

Looks like fiction to me. 

[Nibs]

It's well known that Conte doesn't trust Willian and actually dislikes him immensely. In fact it's not just Willian. Of course Costa (goes without saying), but also a whole list of other players - can't stand any of them with the exception of Kante, who he does like because he often takes his dog for long walks.

Yep, that all true, and just like the tabloids, none of it is made up. 

[evissy]

It's well known that Conte doesn't trust Willian and actually dislikes him immensely. In fact it's not just Willian. Of course Costa (goes without saying), but also a whole list of other players - can't stand any of them with the exception of Kante, who he does like because he often takes his dog for long walks.

Yep, that all true, and just like the tabloids, none of it is made up. 

Is this all true Nibs?! Sounds horrible.. . Any other teams I could follow?

 

[icecoolguy22]

Already leading the sack race after only 1 game, f* unbelievable. A win this weekend and he will be back to everyone's favorite manager again.

[ForeverCarefree]

Sounds about right.... 

[adineen98]

The media is absolute f**king poison

[evissy]

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[Floyd25]

Love it, if you behave like a class clown, you're going to get laughed at.

[DonAntonio]

What was interesting about the presser today is Conte was asked if inflated prices mean it's harder to buy, he said the press in England focus on spending not on sales as a balance, in other words, spend not net spend, as in, you sell 100 mil worth of players and spend 200 mil on new players you have only spent 100 million, basically pointing to the fact we have spent f**k all..

[evissy]

Also worth to mention:

He doesn't think it is a good time to face Spurs

 

He thinks about risking in terms of Haz, Bakayoko and Pedro. Haz probably wont play.

 

He likes what he's seen from Christensen. First 11 material for sure in the future.

 

Does he regret he doesn't have Chalobah and RLC? Next question, please.

 

He feels the team has worked well to face Spurs and he was also very loose and on a great mood.

 

 

[BelgradeCFC]

 

The Godfather 

[carrickblue]

Interesting piece in the Daily Telegraph. The graphic showing the relative experience on subs benches last weekend is stunning. From the Conte quotes here I feel slightly happier that there may be a longer term plan in place. 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/08/18/antonio-conte-admits-spurs-ahead-chelsea-need-four-years-build/

[Kev56]

5 minutes ago, carrickblue said:

Interesting piece in the Daily Telegraph. The graphic showing the relative experience on subs benches last weekend is stunning. From the Conte quotes here I feel slightly happier that there may be a longer term plan in place. 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/08/18/antonio-conte-admits-spurs-ahead-chelsea-need-four-years-build/

Similar here - sounds like he wants to stay for a while.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4803974/Antonio-Conte-says-need-four-years-Chelsea.html#comments

[evissy]

He doesn't say he wants to stay for a while. He only states the basis to build the squad needs time. He says if everybody goes the same direction he doesn't see why ge couldn't continue after these two season of his contract.

[carrickblue]

9 minutes ago, evissy said:

He doesn't say he wants to stay for a while. He only states the basis to build the squad needs time. He says if everybody goes the same direction he doesn't see why ge couldn't continue after these two season of his contract.

True, but in the way he delivered this it feels to me that there may be agreement throughout the club that this is the case. It was certainly interesting that he simply side stepped a question about whether he regretted not having RLC and Chalobah at the club this season. Maybe he feels they could have been part of the new foundation. 

[Geert The Flyer]

In a way I don't think Roman wants to fire him. When they start working on the new stadium some managerial stability might come in handy. No one imagined Conte to win the prem in his first year. So that might have given him some credit. Ans I mean, how perfect would it be, winning the CL in the year we return to the bridge. With Conte as our manager and with a squad filled with golden boot winner Morata, Christensen leading the defence and Musonda being nominated for the Ballon d'Or. 
*WAKES UP FROM DREAM
"January 1st, 2018: Guus Hiddink appointed new manager at Chelsea."