Chelsea, who beat West Ham 5-0 to make it two wins in a row, have moved up to seventh in the table, leapfrogging the Reds with a game in hand, two points clear of sixth-placed Newcastle and hoping to earn a place in Europe next season. However, current Blues boss Mauricio Pochettino is still likely to say goodbye to Chelsea at the end of the season. According to the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, if Pochettino is sacked after the game, the Blues owner, Boehly, intends to bring back, the former Italian coach who led Chelsea to the Premier League title Antonio Conte as the team's manager, it is reported that the Blues have been in secret contact with Conte's agent.
Conte has been unemployed since being sacked by Tottenham, with the Italian and manager leading Inter and Juventus to four Serie A titles. He is a five-time coach in world football. Conte had previously been infinitely close to the Napoli position, but now Napoli boss De Laurentiis has given up on the idea of hiring Conte. The Blues boss, Boehly, intends to take advantage of the situation at this time and bring back Conte to the handsome Ersey. It is understood that in order to convince Conte to return to the Blues, Chelsea are willing to offer Conte a lucrative contract and develop an ambitious team plan.
According to Di Marzio, a well-known Italian transfer expert, Napoli, the leader of last season's Serie A Golden Boot, is likely to leave the team this summer. Paris and Chelsea are likely to be Osimhen's potential next home. Osimhen has just signed a contract extension with Napoli this year, and the Nigerian striker will receive an annual salary of 10 million euros, with a liquidated damages clause of 130 million euros. In order to take the initiative in the race for Osimhen, Chelsea are willing to pay Napoli a fixed transfer fee of €90 million, plus Romelu Lukaku and a young Chelsea player as bargaining chips to complete Osimhen's swap deal.
It is worth mentioning that the Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku, who currently plays for Roma in Serie A, is Conte's favorite protégé, and the two have worked together with Inter Milan to win the league title for Inter, and Lukaku, who has enjoyed great success at Inter, has also returned to play for the Blues, but has never been able to regain his peak form at Inter. After a no-show with Inter Milan, Lukaku joined Roma with the help of madman Jose Mourinho. However, Roma, who are in a poor financial situation, will find it difficult to afford the cost of Lukaku's buyout, and Lukaku has repeatedly expressed his reluctance to return to the Blues, and Chelsea have had no choice but to send him to Napoli as one of the bargaining chips to sign Osimhen. If Chelsea and Napoli complete this transfer deal, it means that Conte and Romelu Lukaku will not be able to join forces again with the Blues.