Things just keep getting better and better for Antonio Conte and his Chelsea team. The Blues are runaway leaders at the top of the Premier League with an eight-point lead, are among the favourites for the FA Cup and have, arguably, two of the finest performers in English football this season bang in form in the shape of Eden Hazard and Diego Costa.

It’s a far cry from the woes they endured across 2015/16 as the Blues slipped to a lowly midtable position, and it doesn’t seem like there will be a repeat of that next term, with Conte set to strengthen his team during the looming summer window.

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The Italian is sure to have money to spend, but he might not have to send a penny out of the club’s bank account to solve the impending John Terry saga, with loanee Andreas Christensen set to return to London when his spell with Borussia Monchengladbach ends. Granted, the Dane’s ability to effectively step into the skipper’s shoes may be an unanswered question right now, but the 20-year-old’s UEL showing last night as his side beat Fiorentina 4-2 to secure a narrow 4-3 aggregate last 32 win was truly special…

Christensen’s 94% pass success, 74 touches of the ball and twelve clearances were all on-pitch highs in Florence, while he contributed a vital goal and won two aerial duels and tackles in what was a showing that will leave Gladbach ruing the fact he’s due back at Chelsea in a few months’ time.

This was by no means an isolated showing, with the Scandinavian defender having been excellent across his one and a half seasons in Germany.

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