Antonio Conte reveals wife finds his voice 'more attractive' after Chelsea training

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Tom Dutton5 November 2016

Antonio Conte is importing Italian throat sweets to combat the strain on his vocal chords of touchline management.

The Chelsea boss has steered his players to four successive victories without conceding a goal prompted by a shift in formation following a testing period in the early part of his Stamford Bridge reign.

Defeats to Liverpool and Arsenal in September left the Blues eight points off the title pace, but they have since hauled themselves to within a point of the leaders and Conte's relentless management style is taking its toll.

Conte revealed: “During the training session I eat five sweets. It's important to lubricate and helps my voice. It's important. Before the game I like to eat honey before the game, and in between the first and the second half. Only honey. In the training room. We have the honey.

“Only before and during the game. But I repeat: it's important to lubricate the throat so I don't lose my voice, and it relaxes it."

But the manager's wife would rather he wasn't using anything to nurse his throat.

He revealed: “[My wife] tells me it is more attractive like this... I prefer to have my normal voice.”

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