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Antonio Conte must know the manager can never be the boss at Chelsea... if the Italian can't handle the lack of control he will be sacrificed

For a successful club, Chelsea do have an uncommon way of finding trouble.

Jose Mourinho won the league and was in crisis almost as soon as the next season started. Roberto Di Matteo won the Champions League and lasted roughly six months. Carlo Ancelotti did the Double in his first season and was sacked a year later.

So it really shouldn’t surprise that, within weeks of landing the title, there is speculation over the future of Antonio Conte. The mistake would be imagining that the turmoil means Chelsea do not have a coherent philosophy. They actually have a very strong philosophy.