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title: "Conte admits he’s inherited Chelsea in a strange situation"
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# Conte admits he’s inherited Chelsea in a strange situation

New Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has told [ESPN FC](https://www.espnfc.com/chelsea/story/2918457/antonio-conte-aiming-to-rebuild-chelsea-from-a-very-strange-situation) that he has inherited a club that’s in a strange situation, but with hard work, they’ll be back fighting for major honours in the near future.

Conte takes over the Blues after one if their worst seasons in the recent past. Chelsea relinquished their Premier League title with a whimper and failed in Europe too. That the club won’t be in the Champions League next season is disappointing, but Conte backs his squad to turn things around.

> The situation is very strange because two years ago Chelsea won the title in England and last season we finished in 10th in the table and as a result out of the Champions League, out of Europa league. Surely, this is not a good result for our great team like Chelsea. But I think also that now it’s important to forget, to forget the past and concentrate, focus on the present. \[We must\] work really hard in the present to build a great future for us, for the club, for the players, for me, for the fans, for all the people who work in Chelsea. For me it’s important to concentrate to the present and leave the past.

![Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/578065190.jpg)

The former Juventus and Italy boss also spoke about the system and style of play that he will look to employ and whilst he didn’t go into specifics, he admitted that he will modify what he needs to do based on the players he has at his disposal.

> In my mind there is an idea about what system we’ll play. We are working about this idea. It’s important for the coach when you arrive to understand the players and to understand every single player’s strength and their weakness. It’s important for me to exalt my players in their strengths and to try and cover their weakness, no? For example, at Juventus, I rode with my idea to continue the 4-2-4 \[with which\] I won two championships with Bari and Siena. And when I arrived \[at Juventus\] and I saw that it was \[Andrea\] Pirlo and \[Arturo\] Vidal, I understand we can’t play in this system, so I changed to 3-5-2, 3-3-4. It’s important to understand this and also it’s important to have principles of the play and then you must build, create a good team with a good idea of football. I adapt my idea of football to my players, not adapt my players in my idea of football. It’s important because there are others players that must play. The players are the most important things in football. I adapt my idea within my players.

Conte also spoke about his two new signings, Michy Batshuayi joining N’Golo Kante, and said that he is looking to do more business before the window closes.

> They are good signings, sure. Batshuayi is a young player but very strong. Last season he scored 17 goals in France. Also, he played the last tournament in France, the Euros. He’s very young, but great potential. He uses both feet, very fast; good technique and I think he’s a good buy for Chelsea. Also, Kante was a target for Chelsea, my target, Chelsea’s target. It’s important that we close these operations. Now we are waiting for the right situation to improve our team but it’s important now to work very hard to try to play an attractive football with high intensity. Now it’s important to work, then in the future, we’ll see.