When Conte first game to Chelsea I wasn’t playing at all
Chelsea star Cesc Fabregas
“Perhaps if he got sacked a couple of months ago, you might have had a chance?”
Fabregas said that was a possibility but said his lack of first-team football under Antonio Conte at Chelsea was a big factor.
“Maybe, you never know, you never know,” he said in response to Lineker.
“I spoke to him at the beginning of last season.
Chelsea news: Cesc Fabregas says his lack of game time at his club affected his Spain chances (Image: BBC)
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“When Conte first game to Chelsea I wasn’t playing at all.
“He (Lopetegui) just wanted to try to give opportunities to the younger players who he worked with at the under-21s and under-19s.
“Fair play to him, they’ve done well, they’ve been playing well for two years.
“They qualified in style and they deserved their opportunity as well. I just have to wait and keep working.”