Conte wants to remove two veterans and recruit Di Maria

The Italian coach wants to reform Chelsea's defense right after the 0-3 loss to Arsenal in the Premier League.

Ivanovic and Cahill (from right to left) are the weak links in Chelsea's defense. Photo: Reuters.

According to Sport Mail, the two names that Coach Conte put on the blacklist are Gary Cahill and Branislav Ivanovic. These are both players who were at fault for the goals that Chelsea conceded at Emirates Stadium. In particular, Cahill made a silly mistake with the pass back to help Alexis Sanchez open the score.

Despite adding David Luiz and Marcos Alonso in the final days of the summer transfer window, Sport Mail sources believe that coach Conte still wants two more centre-backs and a defender when the mid-season transfer market opens.

Chelsea could bring in homegrown youngsters Michael Keane from Burnley and Ben Gibson from Middlesbrough.

In addition to revamping the defense, Chelsea also have ambitions to bring Di Maria back to England. The Argentine midfielder is said to be unhappy since PSG replaced coach Laurent Blanc with Unai Emery. Di Maria had many difficulties with Man Utd in his only season playing in England, but coach Conte still admires the Argentine midfielder.

Di Maria can bring creativity to Chelsea, something that stars like Hazard, Willian and Fabregas are missing at Stamford Bridge.

According to VNE