Antonio Conte, nicknamed ‘The Godfather’ as well as ‘The Madman’ because of his uncontrollable desire to win games, broke onto the scene in 1986 where he made his debut for Lecce at the ripe age of sixteen before moving to Italian giants Juventus and went onto become one of the most decorated and influential players at the club. In 2004, Conte hung up his boots and decided to move into the trade of management. Conte started his managing career in 2006 where he was appointed at Arezzo but was sacked after only a couple of months after a series of bad results and seeing his side relegated to Serie C. From 2007-2011, Conte moved around Italy seeing himself appointed manager for Bari, Atalanta and Sienna but in those four years, he was constantly being speculated with a dream job move to manage Juventus. Three times he was linked and three times he was rejected but in May 2011, a hero came home. Conte took over at the helm of Juventus and in his first season, he led the club to another Serie A title as well as finishing the season unbeaten. Following this remarkable season, Antonio Conte was named Manager Of The Year. Conte continued at Juventus for another two seasons in which he won the Serie A Title in both before being approached by the Italian National Team and as anyone would, he moved on. For two years, the Italian national team struggled to find form and was labelled as the worst side Italian football has ever witnessed. Italy managed to qualify for the 2016 European Championships but was not tipped to go far at all but as most of us saw this summer, Antonio Conte’s men shocked us all with a stunning 2-0 win over reigning Champions Spain in the opening game, defeating Sweden and losing to Ireland. Italy sadly were knocked in the Last 16 after being defeated on penalties by Germany (Obviously that would happen.) therefore ending Antonio Conte’s time as manager of his national team because he said before the competition started, that he would be moving on to manage Chelsea. Antonio Conte’s time in Italy was deemed a huge success but he was most famously known for starting the 3-5-2 formation at Juventus which allowed his sides to attack as a team as well as defend as a team. This was a huge success and the question was asked if he would take the risk and apply this to English football. Conte made his way across the sea and started his reign at Chelsea. He quickly made his presence known within the transfer market with the signings of Michy Batshuayi from Marseille and Ngolo Kante from Leicester. Chelsea fans are desperate to see improvement in the clubs performances after a disastrous 2015/16 season where we saw them finish 10th, only a season after strolling to the Premier League Title under Jose Mourinho. The start of the season has looked promising with Conte’s blue army winning two from two and sitting in third place, but what has he done to change the clubs performances and how will he make Chelsea one of the greatest sides in Europe again? Antonio Conte sides are famously known for being a family. Everything that goes on within the team does not go through one man but the whole squad giving off the impression that it does not matter who you are and it does not matter if you start or not, you are respected and wanted by the club. This is the first step to redemption after a torrid season. Antonio Conte is a manager that wears his heart on his sleeve and will protect and fight for his players no matter the scoreline. Chelsea are only two games into the season but they already seem to have rekindled the ‘never say die attitude’ that they are so famously known for down the years with two wins coming in the dying minutes of games. The main aim for Conte is to keep the players on his side otherwise he will see his reign come to an end very quickly, especially if the big boss Roman Abramovich is not happy with him, but in his managerial career, he has never had this problem and big name players have openly stated that he is one of the greatest coaches they have ever played under so this bodes well for the London club. It is never easy coming into a huge club like Chelsea where expectations are set so high for fantastic football and goals but most importantly, the desire to win trophies but what Antonio Conte has already done is steady the ship. In these early stages of the season, Chelsea need to find the right balance, they need to regain confidence and most importantly, become a family within the changing room again and enjoy the football they are playing without feeling the pressure of what is expected of them. Once this has been ticked off, the goals and attacking flair will come because there is no doubt about the talent within the squad with players such as Eden Hazard, Diego Costa etc. It may be said too much in football but patience really is a virtue and Chelsea fans will be more than happy to watch their side scrape victories up until this quality returns for good, although i cannot speak for all. What everyone can agree on is that Antonio Conte is a remarkable addition to the Premier League and over the next few years, he will be a pleasure to watch. His desire to win and his love for the game is shown at every moment during the ninety minutes, this is what every football fan loves to see because we love the beautiful game and what happens within it. As for Chelsea, Antonio Conte will lead them into battle and they will come out nine times out of ten victorious because he is a winner and we will see this as the season progresses, but it won’t be easy going up against the likes of Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola as they are two of the greatest managers football has ever seen. What is safe to say is that we are in for a special season in the Premier League but When have we never seen that before? It is the greatest League in the world, no matter what others say.

I like conte but we should't be winning matches in the 85th and 89th minutes thats too risky primier league is at no doubt the best league in the world.