that shouldn't be underestimated. jose mourinho was sacked after a celtic defence of the title, the clu b celtic defence of the title, the club finishing tenth. —— after a chaotic defence. chelsea hired conte but had to wait until after the euros. there were one or two big signings, antonio conte, the player of the year, but the new coach has largely transformed an underperforming squad. it's not easy to adapt new methods and new philosophies, and also to work very hard, to change totally your work. if you compare the work of the season and the past. and there could yet be more success. conte is also guided chelsea to the fa cup final. other managers may have grabbed more headlines and created more controversy, but the italian has eclipsed them all. at the start of the season, all the talk was about pep guardiola against jose mourinho, the two big