Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte is prepared to be patient over the club’s transfer activity this month and again declined to comment on the Blues’ rumoured targets. However, Conte was reluctant to comment on recruitment, taking his regular stance of deferring to the club hierarchy. Asked if he was confident of adding the players he wanted to his squad, Conte said: “I’m confident? I’m very calm under this aspect.”Conte, speaking ahead of Chelsea’s Premier League trip to Brighton today, refused to discuss any specific transfer links. “We must be honest to accept Pedro dived,” Conte said.

Source: Irish Examiner January 20, 2018 02:15 UTC