Chelsea FC still hold faith in its technical director Michael Emenalo despite Antonio Conte’s admiration of Walter Sabatini.
Reports have it in Italy over the weekend suggested former Roma transfer guru Sabatini was London-bound to take up a recruitment-focused role at Stamford Bridge.
But Emenalo’s position is not in immediate danger after surviving several managerial changes and staff shake-ups in his nine years at Stamford Bridge.The former Notts County defender is highly rated by owner Roman Abramovich, who values his work and experience in heading up the club’s complex system of loans and recruitment across Europe.
Conte, though, would like to find a way to work with Sabatini, credited with the emergence of Miralem Pjanic, Erik Lamela and Radja Nainggolan at Roma.
One option would be to change Emenalo’s role to make room for the Italian but no decision has been taken on such a switch-up.Earlier this year Sabatini denied previous reports of a move to Chelsea, citing his ‘terrible’ English as a reason not to head to London.
