After a season to forget, the new Blues boss believes his strugglers will improve and can beas deadly as the world's best
New Chelsea manager Antonio Conte believes he
can help the likes of Eden Hazard reach the level
of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
The 2015-16 season was a campaign to forget for Chelsea, who finished 10th in the table as
they surrendered their Premier League crown to Leicester City.
Hazard was significantly off the pace compared
to the previous title-winning season, when he won numerous individual accolades, though the
Belgium star did end the term with four goals in his final five matches.
And Conte, who oversaw a 2-0 defeat to Rapid Vienna in Saturday's opening pre-season friendly, insists Chelsea have men who can
become "top, top, top players".
"These players, with work, can still improve a
lot," said Conte. "Because now we have players,
fantastic players, who have great talent but in this
moment the world doesn't think they are the
same level as Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez,
Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo or Paul Pogba.
"But in our squad there are players who, with work, can improve a lot and reach this level. I'm sure about this.
Chapisha Maoni