LONDON -- Antonio Conte says the deadline day signing of David Luiz will give him the option of playing a three-man defence at Chelsea this season, and believes that his squad could be well suited to a 3-4-3 system.
Luiz finalised a shock return to Chelsea last week after the Blues agreed a reported £34 million deal to bring the Brazilian back from Paris Saint-Germain, along with the £23m signing of left-back Marcos Alonso from Fiorentina.
Conte now has seven fit senior defenders to choose from while Kurt Zouma continues his lengthy rehabilitation from a serious knee injury, and this array of options has led to speculation the Italian could be set to return to the 3-5-2 formation that underpinned his successes with Juventus and Italy.