Next season, Chelsea will bringing on the renowned Antonio Conte as team manager. Although Conte is currently focusing on managing his Italian football team, moves are still being made to give Chelsea an outstanding roster. Nicholas Fainlight reports on who some of the all stars might very well be.

1. Chelsea Arming Itself for
the 2016-17 Season
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2. The Eurocup is busy underway and it seems like the international
tournament has relegated club football to a back seat. For
Chelsea F.C. this is especially worrying, as their new coach
Antonio Conte is busy managing the Italian football team instead
of preparing his future team for the upcoming season. Not to
worry, the club is well on its way to sealing important new
transfers, and retaining future young prospects this upcoming
season.

3. Leonardo Bonucci
The first of Conte’s star transfers may
include Italian-back Leonardo
Bonucci. Conte is all too familiar with
the Italian national, having coached
him in both international and club
play. The Metro reports that Bonucci
and his representatives have agreed
upon a £130,000-a-week contract
with Chelsea, however have not
formally bought the player from Serie
A giants Juventus. Chelsea is
expected to offer a whopping £32
million in hopes Juventus will be
convinced to sell the 29-year-old
center back.

4. Alvaro Morata
Real Madrid has decided to use
Morata’s buy-back clause in Morata’s
contract and is certainly expecting a
hefty sum for the Spanish talent. Out
of the three Premier league teams –
Chelsea, Arsenal, and Manchester
United – currently competing for the
player, it seems that Chelsea is the
only team with the financial flexibility
to pay for the hefty £60million sum
Madrid is asking for. Morata remains
one of Europe’s finest young talents,
and is even reported to be scouted by
none other than Chelsea owner,
Roman Abramovich.

5. Kalidou Koulibaly (?)
Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly is
one of Conte’s top targets to fit into
Chelsea jersey this coming season.
However Napoli has surprisingly
refused to cooperate with the club,
rejecting a whopping £19.2million offer
for the player. The Serie A club wants
at least £11m more for the centre-
back, and will continue to reject any
other offers failing to meet that sum.

6. Andreas Christensen
Quite the contrary to Koulibaly’s case,
Chelsea is refusing to transfer young
talent Andreas Christensen. According
to the Daily Mail, Christensen has been
on loan to the Bundesliga as part of a
two year agreement with Borrusia
Monchengladbach. The German side
is emphatic to keep the Danish center
in their ranks, however the 20-year old
is seen as Chelsea’s natural
replacement to John Terry.
Monchengladbach’s administration
however is “ready to make a record
transfer [for the player].”

7. Paul Pogba (?)
Noise is being made around the
Chelsea camp as more and more
rumors are connecting the club with
arguably the world’s best young
player, Paul Pogba. Antonio Conte,
who also coached the young talent in
Juventus, could play a determining
role in the chance to see Pogba fit into
the “Blues” jersey this upcoming
season. However no offers on behalf
of the club have been made, and the
french international continues to be
tempted by other clubs.

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