And now that the Italy boss has been unveiled as the man to take over from Guus Hiddink this summer, he is still trying to convince his new club to bring in Sabatini.
Emenalo handles the majority of the transfers at Chelsea in his role as technical director and is expected to continue to do so when the new manager arrives.
And Conte has also admitted that Sabatini speaks 'terrible' English which would also make his move to England problematic.
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