Antonio Conte needs to sign 'four or five players' to succeed at Chelsea, says Marcel Desailly

Rebuild: Desailly anticipates a big Chelsea reshuffle
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Tom Dutton9 July 2016

Former Chelsea defender Marcel Desailly is confident Antonio Conte is the right man to lead the club next season.

The 47-year-old, who won the FA Cup during a six-year spell with the Blues, believes Conte will need to sign a number of players who buy into his style, but expects the Italian to 'perform'.

Chelsea finished 10th last season as their failed Premier League title defence cost Jose Mourinho his job in December, before interim boss Guus Hiddink failed to steer the club back into Europe.

But Desailly believes Conte will reverse Chelsea's fortunes if he gets the transfer reshuffle right ahead of the new campaign.

"All the time I think he [Conte] is the right man before the start of the season!" Desailly told Omnisport.

"But he will be the right man if he is able to build up a team that matches with his own philosophy, meaning the kind of player he needs to develop his own tactics.

"So it looks like there's a lot of movement coming into Chelsea, they need to remove four or five players in and out to allow Conte to perform."

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Conte has already added Belgium international Michy Batshuayi to his squad ahead of the new campaign and

The Blues have also lodged a bid for Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly.

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