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  • Heartless Conte dumps Costa via text

    Heartless Conte dumps Costa via text

    The seemingly never ending on again, off again relationship between Antonio Conte and Diego Costa looks to finally be over after the Chelsea manager chose to take the cowards way out by dumping his striker with the coldest of text messages.

    Despite Costa racking up 22 goals in all competitions, the pair have endured a strained relationship over the course of the season. Tension first surfaced back in January when Costa was dropped from the team amid complaints over a back injury which just so happened to coincide with a club in China making kissy faces in his direction.

    Conte appears to have never recovered from Costa’s wandering eye, and, instead of being a real gent and breaking up with Costa in person, the Italian waited until Costa was on international duty with Spain before sending his impersonal text message which Spanish paper AS claim to have got their hands on:

    “Hi Diego, I hope you are well. Thanks for the seasono [sic] we spent together. Good luck for the next year but you are not in my plan.”

    Cold. Ice cold from Conte.

    A distraught Costa is facing even more heart brake after old flame Atletico Madrid’s hopes of rekindling their relationship were dashed following the Spanish sides transfer ban being upheld. Instead, Costa will have to make do with the warm embrace of Chinese side Tianjin Quanjian and the £575,000 wage packet that comes with it.

  • Manchester United 2-0 Chelsea: 5 things you should’ve learned

    Manchester United 2-0 Chelsea: 5 things you should’ve learned

    In today’s lesson: A suit and cap combo is strictly prohibited.

    1. Picking odd captains is now officially in vogue. The trend, spearheaded by Arsene Wenger when he selected polite choir boy Theo Walcott, has been taken up by Jose Mourinho who went with Fellaini last week before selecting Ashley Young this week who has made just 6 starts for United this season. Not wanting to miss out on the fad, it’s being rumoured that Pep Guardiola is going to push the boundaries even further by giving Joe Hart the arm band for his side next week.

    2. Antonio Conte got his tactics all wrong, but his most glaring and disturbing error was clearly that suit and cap combo.
    Antonio Conte suit and cap Man United v Chelsea

    3. United might have to rely on an old and “too tired” Zlatan Ibrahimovic lumbering around most weeks, but they do have the Premier League’s highest scoring teenager in Marcus Rashford. The youngster ran the Chelsea defence ragged and showed the kind of composure you’d expect from the Zlatan for his goal.

    4. Somewhere, deep down in Ander Herrera’s warm and cozy pocket you will find Eden hazard curled up having a nap. When Hazard wasn’t in Herrera’s pocket, the Spaniard was busy getting away with a questionable handball, setting up Rashford with a sublime through ball and scoring his first goal in 32 Premier League games.

    5. Is there anything that would motivate Jose Mourinho more than the opportunity to potentially muck up a rivals title tilt. No, no there is not.

  • Chelsea 1-0 Man United: 5 things we should’ve learned

    Chelsea 1-0 Man United: 5 things we should’ve learned

    1. Mourinho v Conte the big fight, would end in the first round with Mourinho hanging over the ropes.

    Mourinho and Conte argueing
    Mourinho’s body guard steps in just in time.

    2. N’golo Kante was three times cheaper than Paul Pogba but is at least three times better than his French compatriot.

    3. David de Gea is too good for a team that only has aspirations for 6th position in the Premier League.

    4. Michael Oliver can kill off a tie quicker than a referee can down a shot of tequila on a referees-only stag do.

    5. Antonio Conte has a long old way to go before he can proudly claim to be “Judas No.1”. To usurp the current holder, Jose Mourinho, of that acclaimed title he’ll need to win the Premier League title four times, get himself sacked twice and leave the club out of Europe, before joining a fierce rival.

  • Touchline footage confirms Antonio Conte can’t sit still for a second

    Touchline footage confirms Antonio Conte can’t sit still for a second

    antonio-conte-touchline-footage
    So who covered the most ground at Stamford Bridge yesterday during Chelsea’s 3-0 win over Leicester City? Matic? Drinkwater? How about the relentless runner Kante?

    Well, judging by the footage below, a more likely candidate might be Chelsea Manager Antonio Conte. In a time-lapse video captured from the stands, Conte can be seen prowling every inch of his technical area and beyond. The Italian also showed that he can kill a ball dead even if he is wearing a pair of fancy leather shoes.

    As you can see from the video below, It’s exhausting just watching him.

  • Antonio Conte definitely has a better touch than David Luiz

    Antonio Conte definitely has a better touch than David Luiz

    antonio-conte-chelsea-shouting
    How’s your touch Conte? About as smooth and immaculate as the suit he wears on the Chelsea touchline judging by the below footage.

    Chelsea cruised to a comfortable 3-0 win over reigning Champions Leicester in the early Premier League kick off on Saturday. So comfortable in fact, Chelsea manager Antonio Conte was happy to indulge in a bit of show boating when he showed a sublime touch to control a wayward pass.

    Not to be outdone by his boss, David Luiz showed off his magical touch which resulted in a face plant.

    Never change David Luiz, never change.