London "Chelsea" continues to pay wages to Italian coach Antonio Conte.

According to the publication of The Telegraph, the specialist continues to receive money for the fact that his dismissal will cost “blue” much more expensive, because Conte’s contract with Londoners is calculated until mid-2019.

If Chelsea broke the agreement with Conte, then they would have to pay him 9 million pounds, and so he receives from his former club only 5 million.

Recall that Antonio Conte was dismissed from Chelsea in mid-July 2018. Conte led Chelsea in 2016.

In the season 2016/17 "pensioners" became champions of the English Premier League. However, the next season turned out to be very unfortunate for Chelsea, because in the standings they took only 5th place.

Now the head coach of the “blue” is another Italian - Mauricio Marri. After 8 rounds in the asset of Londoners 20 points and the second line in the NPS standings. In addition, Chelsea won two victories in two starting rounds of the Europa League group stage..