Antonio Conte on struggling to get Chelsea to sign players
(February 12 2018)
Antonio Conte has admitted to being "a disaster" when it comes to persuading Chelsea to sign players.
The Italian was regularly outspoken in his criticism of Chelsea's transfer policy during the January window and has suggested that he does not have much say on who the club sign.
Sky Sports reported last month that Chelsea were becoming increasing frustrated with Conte's public outpourings, and poor performances on the pitch recently have added to the pressure on the head coach.
The reigning champions have dropped to fifth in the Premier League table after back-to-back defeats against Bournemouth and Watford and are 22 points behind leaders Manchester City ahead of the visit of West Brom on Monday Night Football.
Asked if he thought Chelsea's current squad could be improved, Conte said: "I don't know. Usually in my experience, I reached the best results possible with the players I have to work with.
"I think that I'm the type of coach who if I have a player who is 6/10, I bring him to an 8/10. If I have a player who is 8/10, I take him to 10/10. I'm this type of coach.
"My task is this and, for this, I'm very good. But I think I'm a bit of a disaster
to convince the club to buy players. I think in this aspect I can improve a lot.
"I have to learn a lot from the other coaches, the other managers, in that aspect. I have to speak more with the managers who are very, very good at persuading their clubs to spend money to buy top players."
