Bonucci was in the Juventus team who were overcome 4-2 by Bayern Munich in their Champions League second leg on Wednesday night, and has been at the club since July 2010. He joined Juventus, a year before the arrival of Conte and won three of his four Serie A titles at the club under Conte’s leadership. Bonucci has captained Italy under Conte’s time in charge.

Chelsea want Conte to work with the existing squad and do not anticipate major changes in the summer despite the dismal time they have had this season. They feel strongly that the best has not yet been seen of the current squad and the performance of Juan Cuadrado for Juventus against Bayern Munich on Tuesday night suggests strongly that the on-loan Colombian will be back at Cobham for pre-season training.