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title: "Guardiola warns Chelsea against replacing Conte"
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published: "2018-03-03T09:41:29Z"
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# Guardiola warns Chelsea against replacing Conte

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has warned Chelsea against the idea of replacing Antonio Conte this summer.

As reported by the [London Evening Standard](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/pep-guardiola-backs-luis-enrique-for-premier-league-success-insists-master-anotonio-conte-would-be-a3780486.html?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter), Guardiola admitted that Luis Enrique, the bookies’ favourite to take the job, would have a tough act to follow.

The Italian’s future at Stamford Bridge remains in doubt as the Blues face the prospect of finishing outside the top four just a year after lifting the trophy.

Reports have heavily linked Conte with a return to Italy, while Alessandro Costacurta has failed to hide his desire to bring the 48-year-old back into the country’s national team.

![Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/664970604.jpg)

Guardiola is known to be close with Enrique, the pair played together during their time with Barcelona.

While the City boss hinted that the former Barcelona manager would be a success in England, he was quick to praise the job that Conte has done at Chelsea.

> Luis Enrique is one of the best, best, best managers. I know him very well. He is a friend of mine. I know he can do whatever he wants, but Antonio is the manager of Chelsea.
>
> What Antonio has done here in the Premier League, maybe the people don’t realise.
>
> He introduced another way to attack with five at the back, another system, a lot of teams, even Arsenal, had to do a lot of imitating to do that.
>
> Tactically he is a master, he did it amazingly with the national team with Italy and when he went to Turin (Juventus). I think Conte is going to give something to English football. I’m sure of that.