Antonio Conte has put himself on a collision course with the Chelsea board by claiming he is not making any of the club’s transfer decisions after his team failed to reach the final of the Carabao Cup.

The feeling that Conte will not be at Chelsea past the end of this season continues to increase and the Italian is struggling to hide his frustration over the Blues’ transfer policy.

Conte also admitted he is losing sleep over the size of his squad after Willian became the latest player to be hit by injury in the 2-1 semi-final second-leg defeat by Arsenal.

Chelsea did not sign a number of Conte’s targets in the summer transfer window and have so far only secured Ross Barkley, who made his debut as Willian’s replacement at the Emirates, this month.

Left-back Emerson Palmieri is expected to join and Chelsea remain in negotiations over the possibility of also signing striker Edin Dzeko from Roma.

But Conte claimed he is having little input into who may come in, as he said: “I think the club decide our transfer market. As I said before, my task is to try to improve the team. About the transfer market, from the summer, the club decides every single player.”