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Nigerian can cover seventy metres of the pitch
Chelsea
manager Antonio Conte admits he can’t believe that Victor Moses’ potential was
overlooked for so long after three years away on loan from Stamford Bridge.
The Nigerian
wide-man has had a superb start to the 2016/17 season, despite low-key spells
with Liverpool, Stoke City and West Ham in the last three seasons.
As well as
that, Moses has also had to adapt to a new role under Conte, making the move
from wide-forward to wing-back in Chelsea’s highly successful 3-4-3 system.
Conte has
taken huge credit for changing Chelsea’s system and getting the most out of
fringe players like Moses, but the Italian himself believes it was instantly
obvious to him that the 25-year-old should have been involved.
"I noticed
his potential from the first days of the summer retreat," he told Gazzetta
dello Sport.
"Moses has
important qualities: technique, physical strength, the ability to cover seventy
metres of the pitch. I find it
incredible that someone like him has been overlooked."
Moses first
joined Chelsea in the 2012/13 season, but was loaned out every subsequent
summer as soon as Jose Mourinho returned to the club.
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