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Five things to look for as Chelsea return to action against Leicester City

By Shivansh Sareen

LEICESTER, ENGLAND - AUGUST 19: General view inside the stadium prior to the Premier League match between Leicester City and Brighton and Hove Albion at The King Power Stadium on August 19, 2017 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)
LEICESTER, ENGLAND - AUGUST 19: General view inside the stadium prior to the Premier League match between Leicester City and Brighton and Hove Albion at The King Power Stadium on August 19, 2017 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images) /
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TURIN, ITALY – APRIL 29: Davide Zappacosta of FC Torino in action during the Serie A match between FC Torino and UC Sampdoria at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on April 29, 2017 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)
TURIN, ITALY – APRIL 29: Davide Zappacosta of FC Torino in action during the Serie A match between FC Torino and UC Sampdoria at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on April 29, 2017 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images) /

5. Zappacosta or Moses?

Chelsea forked out £25m for Torino and Italy international Davide Zappacosta on deadline day. The deal had shades of a panic buy, only being concluded with minutes to go.

The club also clearly paid over the odds for the Italian due to the board’s failure to land other high-profile targets such as Dani Alves, Danilo, Antonio Candreva and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. However, Antonio Conte clearly admires him, as it was Conte who handed him his first call up to the national team.

Victor Moses on the other hand enjoyed a stellar season under Conte as he displaced Branislav Ivanovic from the starting XI and never looked back. He replaced Ivanovic’s waning instincts with his pace, dribbling and surprisingly good defending. Along with Marcos Alonso, he formed a formidable wingback duo and played a pivotal part in the title-winning season.

It would be interesting to see whether Conte keeps faith in Moses and waits to give Zappacosta a chance in a relatively easy game, or throws him in the deep end by giving him 45 or even 30 minutes against Leicester City.

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