Chelsea boss antonio conte is in his way out of stamford bridge and the only question which remains is exactly when he will leave
The champions were beaten 4-1 at watford on monday night, less than a week after a 3-0 home defeat by bournemouth.
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Rumours around is said that chelsea owner roman abramovich is considering replacement with former bercelona coach luis enrique at the top of the list.
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Conte, though, has been on a collision course with the club ever since the end of last season, the Italian seemingly unhappy with his influence over transfer and the amount of money invested in new players compared to their rivals. fallout with key players such as diego costa and david luiz have not gone down well either and have added to the instability of a season which continue to unravel.
just a season on from winning the premier league, the Italian is battling to save his job after seeing chelsea fall 19 point behind manchester city in the title race. the blues are scrapping for a place in the champions league for next season and conte took the unusual step weeks ago
Asking the board to publicly back him
Since the turn of the year, in all competitions, he has presided over two wins,five draw and three defeat. that's not a disaster but it is risible attitude and approach of the players in those looses, coupled with increasingly suspect team selection and tactics that have left conte exposed and facing 'mourinho season' he spoke about the importance of avoiding last summer
His comments after the 4-1 thrashing by the hornets had a selfish element to them with seemingly no thought given to the supporters who have stood solidly behind him, chanting his name. his position now appears untenable.
Chelsea produce a performance that was like a 90-minute viking funeral for conte era against watford
haven conceded 7 goals scoring just 1 in the last two matches against a low ranked teams.