Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has explained the reasons behind signing his new contract last week.

The Italian agreed a new salary worth £9.5m-a-year earlier this week, but significantly did not extend beyond the two years remaining on his original deal.

When asked if he ever considered leaving, he said: "My decision was always to stay with Chelsea and continue this work. But you know very well that our job is not simple and anything can happen during our path and our career.

"I spoke with the club and we found the right view about the future of this club. For every manager it is important to explain your idea.

"It's very important that the club understand your idea and the club is ready also to work together, to try together and to be this solid foundation. I can want this, but if I'm alone it's very difficult to do this.

"We are a great club but are in a moment where we can't make a mistake because it's very dangerous.

"We don't have a lot of space to make mistakes. We need to improve and increase our squad and to be something important for the present but also for our future."