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Hahaha. Chelsea TV changed the tagline from Manager's Press Conference to Antonio Conte's First Press Conference. Someone's gonna lose his job today

Hearing so much banter about his knee is making me anxious! Can someone post any article or any proper break-down of how severe the problem is exactly?!

Any updates?

http://thechels.net/2012/06/kakuta-on-dijon-chelsea-france-and-the-future/

5 year deal? Guess it is. And Sky reporting that the salary is 170kpw?!

Now that we have secured the Holy Grail (its not justified to call it that anymore, is it? ), we should look for giving our youth a proper chance. I love the fact that we are strengthening the squad with some of the most awesome players, but I will like it more if we left enough space to provide decent opportunities to some of the most anticipated footballers that our academy is honing. I personally feel Kakuta, Hutch and Kalas should be given a chance in 2012-13 with loan deals to Josh, Milan, Clifford and Kane. And loan deals which assure playing time and hopefully in decent teams. What other youngsters can be looked at in the next 3 years, with an aim to break them into the first team and hopefully some day become first team regulars? Piazon, Feruz, Chalobah, Ake, Affane, Baker and Blackman come to mind. I want to see Chelsea be a top team in Europe forever for sure but I would love it if we can make it happen with enough youngsters that we have seen grow as footballers from the start.

I still think we need to get one of Bruma/Kalas back. JT facing the ban and his fitness might be an issue.

Someone raised an interesting point! He never said the which year;s CL winner is he talking abt! Why could he not have said just Chelsea?!

And cap knows about this?! Poor lad

Great news. But I noticed something in the Skysports article that Kalou has already left the Blues. Any news on that?!!

I thought this was the season he would be inducted into the first team. I think him/Kalas should be brought into the squad. With JT facing a ban its too risky to have only 2 main CBs (with Iva as the only backup)! Anyways..good luck to him!

Thanks for the reassurance mate. I expect nothing less from the Blues fans. :blue scalf:

And how come no one talks about youth induction?! Remember guys named Bruma, Kalas, Kakuta etc.?! (I mention those three because I think they are the only three ready to break into the first team, if given right opportunity this season)

I will be sick of this dumbass if he really gets Ess and SloMo to sign long term deals and portrays it as an achievement! I would want regular SB goers to protest if anything of this sort happens. I am so restless that we might never go forward with all the "real deadwood" (read as Bos, SloMo, Ess (sorry man!), PF etc.) and this is the best time to rebuild..being European champions!