Chelsea‘s technical director Michael Emenalo has expressed confidence that Antonio Conte could stay at Stamford Bridge forever after a blistering start at Stamford Bridge.
According to Emenalo, Conte has brought title-winning ambitions back to Chelsea after the worst season of the Roman Abramovich era last year.
The Nigerian believes the Italian is justifying the reputation he established during three successful seasons in charge of Juventus.
He told Sky Italia: "Picking Conte [as Chelsea's new permanent head coach] was not as difficult as it was actually to get him.
"He was Italy's manager in a country which loves football. We were impressed when we came up against him when he was at Juventus [in the Champions League in 2012-13].
"He has brought with him not only great tactical preparation, but also his approach to games. The players love him and we love him too. There is a possibility of him staying here forever, he's really great.
"I think that we always ask our manager to win us the title! Joking aside, we did talk about it -- I don't think any manager feels they are obliged to win the title because obviously there is only one side who wins it in the end, but you never say to a manager that they don't have to win it.
"You can offer him your support, give him the resources to be competitive and then it depends on him to define the objective. It was Antonio who talked about winning the title, but then again he would not be a world-class manager if he were to say 'no, I just came here to be competitive, not to win things.”
He added: "At the same time, we are aware of the fact that we finished 10th last season and there are a lot of aspects that need improving. I think that without getting obsessed about it, we all know that if things go the right way, we do have a good chance.
"We've not won anything yet, but we know we are competitive and that we are in the exact position we wanted to be in."
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