Chelsea deny there is a rift between Antonio Conte and Roman Abramovich
Blues' owner has been at club's Cobham training base to watch training and chat with Conte in recent days
CHELSEA have denied there is a rift between Antonio Conte and Roman Abramovich.
It was claimed the duo are not speaking and that Blues' chairman was resigned to Conte leaving before next season.
But a club source has dismissed the report and told SunSport that Abramovich has visited Blues' Cobham training base to watch training and chat with Conte in recent days.
Conte was infuriated by our report that former boss Carlo Ancelotti was being lined up to replace him.
Ancelotti has since ruled out an imminent return as well as taking the Everton job.
The Prem champions have suffered two chastening defeats this month, starting with a shock defeat to rock-bottom Crystal Palace - who netted their first goals and points of the season.
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A 3-0 Champions League loss to Roma on Tuesday left Conte accusing his players of lacking hunger and fight after their biggest Euro defeat for five years.
He said: "What I'm most disappointed about was the second half when Roma had more hunger, more desire, more fight to beat us and clearly deserved this win.
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"In the second half we lacked everything and Roma were the better team in every point, in terms of motivation and hunger.
"More will to fight, more desire to win the game.
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"When you concede three goals, you must be worried because it means something doesn't work.
"We need to work on our tactical aspects because this season we are working less on this aspect and I think we are paying for the situation."
