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Antonio Conte brutal transfer call vindicates Frank Lampard's Chelsea verdict for Thomas Tuchel

Cast your minds back to the closing weeks of August 2020. The 2019/20 season, extended by the COVID-19 pandemic, has recently ended and already Chelsea were embarking on a massive summer spend under Frank Lampard.

In the week leading up to the news breaking that Marina Granovskaia had struck a deal with Leicester City for left-back Ben Chilwell, it suddenly emerged that an alternative was available.

Real Madrid's Sergio Reguilon was likely to be on the move, and soon social media had become convinced that he would prove a better option than the more expensive Chilwell. Reguilon had spent the previous campaign on loan with Sevilla and had looked promising marauding forward.

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