Lampard reveals Chelsea's top signing and it's not Lukaku

Jun 26, 2017 9:03 AM

Antonio Conte will represent Chelsea's biggest signing of the summer if he extends his stay with the Blues, according to Frank Lampard.

Antonio Conte should be Chelsea’s signing of the summer and not Leonardo Bonucci or Tiemoue Bakayoko or Romelu Lukaku, according to Frank Lampard.

Italian Conte has only spent one out of the three-year contract he signed with the Blues but a successful season which saw them win the Premier League after finishing 10th the previous year has seen the former Juventus’ manager’s stock rise even further and club legend Lampard believes he will be Chelsea’s biggest signing of the summer if they can get him to extend his current deal.

“Antonio would be their most important signing - for me he was their man of the season,” Lampard said.

“You talk about player of the year, I'm all for giving the players credit but because it was such a dramatic uplift from the year before I think you have to give him huge credit.

“You saw the system change and how he made them play in that formation, it worked well.

“I think he's a huge signing for them. I have no doubts, I don't know but I'm pretty confident he'll be there and they'll bring in players to play in the system he wants to play.”