After winning the Premier League title in his debut season, life on English soil has certainly not been plain sailing for Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte.

The animated Italian has endured a torrid summer, one which has almost seen his team weakened by a lack of signings.

The Blues may have brought in Alvaro Morata, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Antonio Rudiger, but the losses of Diego Costa and Nemanja Matic will hit hard come the start of the season.

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Chelsea have arguably regressed and their thin squad is likely to be stretched to the limit with Champions League football.

Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher has delivered a damning verdict on the Italian coach and says that in a year's time, he doesn't think he'll be in charge at Stamford Bridge.

"I'd be very surprised if I'm sitting here in 12 months' time and he's the Chelsea manager," he said on Monday's first episode of The Debate on Sky Sports Premier League.

"I think he's the type of manager who won't accept the involvement from people above, especially on the back of winning the title.

"He's not going to go quietly and it's not great for the club when the manager is coming out and speaking the way he is."

Carragher also believes that owner Roman Abramovich will have no fears replacing him should he be gone in the foreseeable future.

He added: "What I would say is Chelsea have a business model, a very ruthless one. They're a bit like Real Madrid in that I don't think they value the manager like other clubs do.

"They're not scared to get rid of a top manager or get rid of someone after 12 months, but you can't really complain. Since Abramovich came in I think they've won more trophies than anyone.

"They have a model where they have a big say over how that club is run; the owner, Emanalo and people involved there.

"Maybe that is a frustration for Conte. He wants more players coming in."

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