Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has admitted his admiration for Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy.

However, he insists Chelsea weren't in for Vardy last summer.

"No, honestly we didn't speak about him," he said. “But I repeat we are talking about a really good player.

"For sure Vardy is a really good player and I don't like to speak about players of other teams, but in this case we are not talking about transfer market.

“He played for the national team and is scoring with regularity in this league and is a good player, but this different. I am talking about him because you ask me and not the transfer market."