Antonio
Conte has revealed that Chelsea have money to spend from the £52million
sale of Oscar but it is not burning a hole in their pocket.
Oscar
is going to the Chinese Super League to join Shanghai SIPG and the fee
from that could be used by Conte to bring in reinforcements in January.
And
the Italian is confident he could bring in someone new without
unsettling his squad, with midfield a particular area that Chelsea are
looking at.
Chelsea will receive £52million from Shanghai when Oscar's move to China is finalised
Asked about
upsetting a winning formula by bringing in new faces, Conte said: 'When
you have a good group and a new player can be added to go into the
group, it's very easy in a simple way.
'For sure, we sold Oscar and we have money to spend. But it's important to spend money in the right way.
'To
spend for spending's sake, I don't like this. I prefer to buy players,
adapt our system, people who can come into our team and pass.
'But
I repeat, it's not easy in January in this window to find these type of
players. But, with the club, we are working on these aspects.'
Conte
also responded to Arsene Wenger's description of Chelsea as
'super-favourites' by saying he would not let the Arsenal manager get in
his or his players' heads.
CHELSEA'S WINNING RUN
Hull 0-2 Chelsea
Chelsea 3-0 Leicester
Chelsea 4-0 Manchester United
Southampton 0-2 Chelsea
Chelsea 5-0 Everton
Middlesbrough 0-1 Chelsea
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
Manchester City 1-3 Chelsea
Chelsea 1-0 West Brom
Sunderland 0-1 Chelsea
Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea
Chelsea 3-0 Bournemouth
