Antonio Conte (Chelsea)
With Italy crashing out of the Euros, Antonio Conte’s only concern will be his upcoming season as the Chelsea boss. A master tactician, Conte is known for the defensive style of play he implements in his teams. A comparatively less-experienced manager than his compatriots in England, Conte has already proclaimed himself a force to be reckoned with.
With a win ratio of 55 % in 310 games, he has won 5 trophies as manager in his career which includes winning three successive Serie A titles with Juventus.
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Antonio Conte is known for implementing a 3-5-2 formation in his team. This formation has proved effective for him in the past and efficiently regulates the work rate of the players within the team. With Chelsea, he might be looking to implement a similar approach.
His use of quick wingbacks overlapping in each of the flanks give additional support to his forwards and prove lethal in counter attacks. Conte is known to implicate high and aggressive pressing and a very direct attacking approach. His ability of utilizing both the centre and the width of the pitch in creating chances, makes his style of play much distributed and difficult to break.
He has a tremendous amount of tactical versatility and experiments with different formations before settling for the optimal one. His team is known for the solidarity they show in defence and quick counter attacks.
Conte completed the signing of Marseille forward Michy Batshuayi on a five-year contract for a fee of £33m. He is also said to be closing in on a £30 million deal to sign Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly.
