Antonio Conte wants to make changes to Chelsea’s transfer policy despite his side’s ten-point lead at the top of the Premier League.

The Chelsea head coach will demand a greater control of transfers, which are at present managed by the director Marina Granovskaia and technical director, Michael Emenalo, and insist on assembling a much bigger squad next season before signing the new contract, which the club want to give him in the summer.

Chelsea have only signed four players since Conte was appointed 12 months ago, and only one of those, N’Golo Kanté, was specifically requested by the manager, a point he is understood to have made forcibly in recent discussions with the club about transfer plans for next season.

The Italian is understood to