Antonio Conte said he is impressed so far with Chelsea players despite falling to defeat against Rapid Vienna of Austria

Antonio Conte

The Italian praises "the right attitude, right behaviour and great work" as he gets to grips with everything from how they line up to the flavour of their drinks

Antonio Conte insists he has seen plenty of promising signs from his Chelsea squad.

Newly appointed Conte is just under a week into the job as Blues boss after taking training for the first time last Wednesday.

He has been trying to get his players used to his new methods which could include a bold 4-2-4 formation as illustrated by a tactics sheet discovered following his first game in charge, a 2-0 defeat to Rpid Vienna on Saturday.

Ahead of the second match of the current pre-season trip to Austria, against RZ Pellets on Wednesday, the Italian said: “I find the players with the right attitude, right behaviour and great work.

"This is very important.

"It is important to have a bit of time to go into a new idea of football, new mentality of work and different aspects like tactical, physical and mentality.

Conte with Batshuayi and co in training ground 

“And it is important to have a bit of time for me to get to know the players and the players to know me and my staff but in this week I am very happy because I see a lot of positive things.”

Conte was expected to set Chelsea up with the same 3-5-2 approach he favoured with Juventus and Italy, but as we first revealed back in April he appears to be working on an even more radical, attacking plan.

Picture of his tactical master-plan suggest Conte is planning to line Chelsea up with a flat back four, just two central midfielders and a front four where two wingers push on to support two strikers.

The two central midfielders will have to get through plenty of work to make the system effective.

But that perhaps goes some way to explaining why Conte was so desperate to land tireless midfielder N'Golo Kante, who caught the eye last season with his ability to cover ground, from Leicester for £30 million.

Kante in action

The 46-year-old, whose plans for attacking corners and players' nutrition were also pictured, wants to further bolster his front-line to give him enough options to play with two strikers.

He has brought in £33 million Michy Batshuayi from Marseille, hasn't yet given up on Real Madrid's Alvaro Morata and is determined to keep hold of Diego Costa, who is a target for his previous club Atletico Madrid.

Conte said: "For me, Diego Costa is a fantastic player a striker who is one of the best in the world.

"And we are Chelsea and Chelsea is one of the best clubs in the world.

"For this reason I think that Diego Costa must stay in one of the best teams in the world and Chelsea is this club.

Costa and teammates in training

"I see him that he is very happy and I don't know the other situation.

"I know Diego Costa is Chelsea's player and I am very happy for him to stay here to train him and the other players."