When you finish training with Conte you are dead not tired - World Cup winning defender

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- Juventus defender, Giorgio Chiellini, has offered professional backing to his friend and former boss Antonio Conte

- Chiellini believes that the Italian manager operates a very strict training regime

- He said after training, you will not 'feel weak but literally dead'

Juventus defender, Giorgio Chiellini, has offered professional backing to his friend and former boss Antonio Conte as the Italian gaffer continues to face speculations over his future at Chelsea.

Chiellini while speaking about memories with Conte admitted that training session with the Chelsea gaffer would not just leave you feeling tired but 'dead'.

The pair linked up together for Italy and Juventus - where they won the Serie A three seasons in a row.

Speaking to Dailymail, the 33-year-old said: "It is not only in the match with Conte. It is all day, every training session. He is like a police sergeant.

"We felt something very special in his atmosphere, for three years with him at Juventus and two years in the national team."

Chiellini added: "When you finish training, you are dead. Not tired — dead. You can do it only because you believe in what he does.

"We had 40 days in France and it was like entering another world. You are 100% with him. He creates an atmosphere, everyone gives energy to each other. For sure he is one of the very best."

After Conte left, the Italian side slipped into disarray, failing to qualify for the World Cup this summer for the first time in over half a century.

Chiellini heaped praise on his former manager: "'He is a fantastic coach with a fantastic mind but Italian trainers have tried to copy him without the same knowledge and then in the last 10 years, we lost our identity."

That magic clearly worked in Conte's first season at Chelsea, when they picked up the Premier League title.

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However this term has been a totally different story, with the Blues' recent 4-1 battering to Watford leaving many questioning if the Italian will keep his job.

NAIJ.com previously reported that Embattled Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is currently swimming in the water of severe criticism following his wards' lackluster performance in the Premier League.

But despite the Blues' recent unimpressive show in the Premier League in which they have lost their last two games, Chelsea chiefs are not thinking that Conte facing the exit doors should be the next panacea.

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