Chelsea recounts their side of the Conte conflict, which became personal and mean-spirited

The "Frosted Headshake", to borrow the expression of Dom Fifield, between Antonio Conte and Marina Granovskaia and the ensuing celebrations at Wembley should have been the last act of one of the best coaches in Chelsea all time. He had been a "dead man who walked", to borrow the expression of Duncan Castles, for several months, and rightly or wrongly he was heading to the place where all those who had come before him finished: the discard. Chelsea may have won the FA Cup, but failed to finish among the top four, the minimum required for any season of the Abramovich era. Sacking Tale at that time would have been understandable.

In the end, neither the handshake, nor the celebrations, nor the post-match press conference, nor the brief return home were the last act. Not even close. We are now at day 56 of the post-Conte era, with Conte still officially not fired and the drama threatening to pass from back pages to the audience room.

After the sacking of yesterday, the dominant summer theme of inertia, the first of which is sure to be many post-mortem of the second season of Conte appears in the premium section of the Telegraph (or just read it the next day at the Irish Independent). Written by Chelsea's defeated writer, Matt Law, he tells the conflicting side of the club that went from professional to personal to mean-spirited over the last twelve months and eventually ended up in the Sarri / sorry situation that we are find now.

Read on to find out what is the story that Chelsea is trying to make known to the people – here are the main points:

• For 10 days last summer (2017), Chelsea "n & rsquo; "Could not get in touch" with Conte. This sent Chelsea into a "state of panic", thinking that Conte wanted to go out (the rumors of Inter Milan were one thing). "The peace talks" and the new contract followed, but the relationship was already "impossible" and what is followed this summer has a "sense of revenge"
• A central anecdote is Conte convening a pre-season meeting to introduce new coaches Vanoli and Mazzotta, but no new signings. In a certain way, the other members of the club and the players had the impression that the meeting had to "welcome new signatures", even if no new signature had been made. This little dissenting show was just part of a larger power struggle, and was only the club's first example "feeling that Conte's judgment was obscured by the obsession with proving that He was right.
• The old text of Costa "Difficulties with members of his team", including David Luiz (for interrogation tactics), Kenedy (for yawning), Antonio Rudiger (for his interview), Eden Hazard (because of a perceived lack of commitment), and of course Willian (no reason given).

In short, a professional conflict (transfers, decision-making power) became personal (both with the club hierarchy and then with the players), then became insignificant, even to the point that Chelsea would now have denied it. compensation due to Conte and his staff.

Of course, this is only one side of the story. The law mentions some of the counterpoints, with the lack of (perceived) support from the club in terms of transfers a big one as telling everything about this story in the future should not just pass the baton. Lukaku, Alexis, Sandro and Van Dijk were apparently (at least part of) Conte's wish list and Chelsea not only did not sign any of them, but we barely raised the finger, even by the standards of the rumor. A late symbolic offer for Lukaku aside, the saga Alex Sandro did not exceed the limits of the mercio mercato, and the rumors of Alexis and VVD did not even go that far. The last two transfers ended in January only confirmed the fact that almost all the players that Chelsea signed last summer were either injured, injured, injured, or not ready to play before. 39; internationally.

But these concerns and conflicts were of a professional nature. Chelsea set foot on the transfer goals that Conte had in mind (through Bonucci, Llorente as good decisions possible), it's a professional problem.

Even Costa's text was a professional gesture, only to clarify what had been on the cards for several transfer windows. Blaming Tale for closing the door to a player who made a mistake, for whom Chelsea finally collected a record 57 million pounds, ignores all the circumstances and changes the nature of the conflict from professional to personal. This is especially true now, as in the wake of the text, Conte has been making the highest paid coach in Chelsea's history.

While the conflict was just professional, there was always hope that the men involved in this project will find a way to coexist and continue to bring the success at the club. But Michael Emenalo, the creator of peace, the facilitator, the soothing influence on all sides, and for all intents and purposes, all communications between Conte and the powers in place have also come out with him. Any relationship depends on good communication. without that, we end up talking through public insinuations, background atmospheres and small acts of revenge … which leads us to the here and now.

However, in recent hours and days of Antonio Conte are shaking, we can safely put this bag at the top of the blatant dismissal list of # 39; Abramovich. No one involved looks good in this area. Although Chelsea's coaching carousel has never been likely to deter qualified candidates from wanting the job, Chelsea will certainly look for ways to break its contractual obligations

. Sarri is already badly engaged. new head coach to start implementing his tactics and, at best, only one major reinforcement at his disposal.

And so the motive repeats itself.