Chelsea Prospects Aina, Solanke May Play Against West Ham As Conte Judges Ogbonna

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has hinted that he may make some changes to his squad for Wednesday<span class="_xJh">&rsquo;s League Cup tie against West Ham </span>at the London Stadium.<br /><br />And based on his pronouncement, it means England youth internationals of Nigerian descent Ola Aina and Dominic Solanke could feature against the Hammers. <br /><br /><span class="_xJh"><span class="_xJh">&ldquo;</span></span>Our Academy is working very well, in my squad we have Chalobah, Aina, Loftus-Cheek and Solanke which is fantastic. <br /><br /><span class="_xJh"><span class="_xJh">&ldquo;</span></span>Four young players and if they deserve to play, they will play, <span class="_xJh">&rdquo; Conte was quoted as saying by chelseafc.com.<br /><br />The former Italy manager knows about the qualities of Angelo Ogbonna, having coached the defender at Juventus and the Italian national team. <br /><br /></span><span class="_xJh"><span class="_xJh"><span class="_xJh">&ldquo;</span></span>If you look at the squad they have many good players, some of whom I know very well like (Angelo) Ogbonna and (Simeone) Zaza. They have a great manager and I know his type of work.</span><span class="_xJh"><span class="_xJh">&rdquo;</span><br /><br />Super Eagles skipper John Obi Mikel has not made a single appearance for the Blues this term and it remains to be seen whether or not he will play his first game under Conte tomorrow night. <br /><br />Igho Kingsley <br /><br />Photo Credit : chelseafc.com<br /></span>
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