Former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has rued the club's failure to sign both Virgil van Dijk and Romelu Lukaku during his time in charge.
The now-Inter Milan manager spent two years at Stamford Bridge between 2016-2018, winning the Premier League in his first season and the FA Cup in his second.
But Conte believes his Blues side could have gone on to dominate English football for some time if the powers-that-be had managed to land the two players he requested after they won the title.
Speaking to the Telegraph, Conte said: "I asked for two players and we were very, very close after we won the league. "One player was Romelu Lukaku, the second player was Virgil van Dijk, and these two players were very, very close. "We were in contact every
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