So all the good buys were down to him and all the duds were down to Marina? He didn't approve those transfers in the end?
So the good transfers at Chelsea were: Kante, Alonso
Bad or meh: Morata, Bakayoko, Drinkwater, Rudiger, Zappacosta, Emerson, Barkley, Giroud and Ampadu.
Good at Inter: Barella, Lukaku and Hakimi (both big money)
Bad or old players that look okay at a slower Italian league: Moses, Ashley Young, Arturo Vidal, Godin, Darmian
Let's put it this way, if he signs a similar calibre to 90% of those players it won't cut it in the PL. Most of those Chelsea buys were terrible and the Inter ones would struggle in the PL (a lot of them left the PL because they no longer looked any good there).
Juve I didn't comment because I didnt follow Serie A then. Also I never said he is a bad manager - clearly he is an excellent one, I was talking purely about the transfers.
I can't post videos, cause i'm new member, but again there is a interview with him, where he openly talk about the transfers in the second season with Chelsea. And he state that every single transfer they have done that window was not what he wanted, and the transfers was done by the board. And that they have transfer policy that does not fit Conte/their vision.
Anyway here is what he have to said, his words:
We must be strong to accept this type of situation. Then, in the future, if there is the possibility, you have to try to buy only two or three players – not eight players. Don’t forget, this summer we brought in eight players and spent a lot less than other teams who bought only two or three.” The club prioritised quantity over quality in the summer. Rarely in football does such a strategy work.
Conte said: “I think the club decide our transfer market. As I said before, my task is to try to improve the team. "About the transfer market, from the summer, the club decides every single player.
"I continue to work with my players. This situation continues from this summer, not now. "My task continues to be to give everything for this club. The club is to take the best decision for the team.
“I think there are different situations. Sometimes I can have an impact on the transfer market, sometimes I don’t have an impact on this. "My first task is to do my job, and be a coach, and to try to improve my players. For sure, I don’t have a big impact on the transfer market."
One point i had forget to talk is that they appointed him in every state/press/release they do with the word - Head Coach, not manager. Another quote:
They offered the Italian tactician the role of a “Head Coach” and not “Manager.” This meant Conte had less say in the club’s transfer dealings than, for example, Mourinho had
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You totally forget to include points that don't fit your narrative. For example Matic, Conte wanted him to stay, but Chelsea board sell it to us. They buy him Drinkwater as a replacement. And he didn't play him. He also barely played Michy Batshuayi because it was Chelsea board decision to buy him.
Everyone knows that after the end of the season he wanted to buy certain type of players, but there was power play by Marina, their director, and it become a burst, and straight at the beginning of the season it was crystal clear he won't get the player he wanted and that he is gone after the end of the season, which collapse their entire season.
Now you may say how that was not the case in his first, very simple, they had Michael Emenalo on that position. He quit, because of power play, and Marina decide to show "balls" who the boss is.
The list with players he wanted was leaked, and the names was Harry Kane/Lukaku, Virgil van Dijk, Sandro, Bonucci, Danilo, Candreva, and Llorente.
They brought Ross Barkley with long-term injury, Zappacosta, Drinkwater, Bakayoko and Giroud.
Rudiger no matter who calls was for him, was a solid signing and it's still solid defender.
You are bringing Ampadu in the conversation as a player Conte wanted, you serious ? This was Chelsea scout transfer all over. The guy was like what 15 years back then, are you even serious ?
As far as Inter goes and the "old players" you describe are because unlike some other managers, he doesn't have unlimited funds. He brought all of the players i mention for free, and most of them has done great job, cause they won the league.
Sanchez, Moses, Ashley Young, Arturo Vidal, Godin, all of them, except for Sanchez has done their purpose, and they were free transfer once again.
You add Lukaku, Hakimi, Bastoni(getting back), Darmian and Barella and his transfers at Inter were world class having in mind he doesn't have unlimited funds, unlike what some people are trying to spin it.
Conte has always been capable of building very strong pretty much from scratches and transform them to a winning mentality team.
That's last on me for Conte, cause i waste way too much of my posts on him already.
