Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has admitted that the Blues may not have the strongest squad in the Premier League - namingManchester United and Manchester City as the two sides with the best depth.
The Italian, who took over at Chelsea last summer after an impressive Euro 2016 campaign with his country's national side, has breathed life into the Blues, who finished 10th last season, and has them 10 points clear of the rest of the league heading into top flightcrunch time.
In spite of his team's healthy position in the division, Conte doesn't believe that he is in charge of the best squad in the Premier League.
Speaking in his Friday presser, ahead of the Blues' crunch FA Cup tie against United on Monday, the former Italy boss said that United, along with Pep Guardiola's City, have the best squad in the country.
"I think Manchester United, with City, have the best squad in the league," he said, viaThe Guardian.They have a number of great players with great talent and great experience to win. It can be a really tough game, for us and for them.
I think that now, for us, it's better. In October we didn't know our future. Now we are in March and we stay on top of the table. We have a good identity, a good team. So we are showing good football. But it will be a really tough game against United. We are facing a good team, very strong.�
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