It’s starting. Rumours about Antonio Conte’s Chelsea future have been around since the Italian took the job at Stamford Bridge, but there’s certainly a feeling that things are now more serious, and change could be on the way.
Stories are building around the European media, and whilst it may be easy to state individual claims may not have a lot of merit, it all feels very familar.
Even Spanish newspaper Marca have got involved, explaining Roman Abramovich has taken annoyance with Conte, and once that happens there’s only one ending to the Chelsea story. Movement is expected, it’s just a question of when.
That, point out Marca, has happened with a string of managers before, and the outcome afterwards is inevitable.