Antonio Conte warns Chelsea youngsters
Antonio Conte has warned his Chelsea youngsters that they must prove they are good enough to help the team if they want to get picked. Only the players that can help Chelsea win, Conte said, would get in his team. There would be no special treatment based on age.
Conte is expected to try a few of Chelsea’s next generation of youngsters - Charly Musonda, Kenedy and maybe even 17-year-old Ethan Ampadu – in Wednesday night’s Carabao Cup third round game with Nottingham Forest. Rotation is necessary when a team is balancing four competitions. But when it comes to more regular games, Conte challenged his youngsters to push out the senior pros in their way.
“I think if you are good enough to play with a great team, you play,” said Conte, putting it in simple terms. Only performance matters. “Every coach wants to win. I don't care if one player is a young player or an old player. If a player, an old player, 36-years-old, makes me happy and helps me to win, I pick him. It's the same if a player, a young player, 16-years-old, helps me to win, I'm ready to do this also.”
Conte is expected to try a few of Chelsea’s next generation of youngsters - Charly Musonda, Kenedy and maybe even 17-year-old Ethan Ampadu – in Wednesday night’s Carabao Cup third round game with Nottingham Forest. Rotation is necessary when a team is balancing four competitions. But when it comes to more regular games, Conte challenged his youngsters to push out the senior pros in their way.
“I think if you are good enough to play with a great team, you play,” said Conte, putting it in simple terms. Only performance matters. “Every coach wants to win. I don't care if one player is a young player or an old player. If a player, an old player, 36-years-old, makes me happy and helps me to win, I pick him. It's the same if a player, a young player, 16-years-old, helps me to win, I'm ready to do this also.”
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