Antonio Conte regards his first Scudetto win with Juventus, which denied Zlatan Ibrahimovic the Serie A title, his greatest achievement as a coach,
Ibrahimovic has famously won 12 titles in 14 seasons since his move to Ajax in 2001-02, but Conte was responsible for one of those blank years as he triumphed in 2011-12.
Not even 28 goals from the Swedish legend could help Milan overtake Juve, and the new Chelsea manager drew parallels between that season and his upcoming debut campaign in England.
"As a coach [my greatest achievement] was the first championship of my career with Juventus," Conte said.
"It was fantastic because we started the season as the underdog and the press had us down for sixth or seventh place in the table."
"I remember that Milan had Zlatan Ibrahimovic and it was the only season that he didn't win the championship. I hope that this season is the same again!"
"I remember Inter won the treble in their last season under Mourinho and Napoli had Cavani and Hamsik, in that period we were the underdogs and we won our first title unbeaten as well as the Coppa Italia."
Juventus finished in seventh place and outside of European competition in the season before Conte joined, but went on to take three consecutive titles before he left for Italy.
Chelsea are similarly bruised after a tenth-placed finish last season, and Conte admits he has a lot of work to do to improve the four-time Premier League winners.
"When you finish in tenth place it means there are problems," He added. "In this situation the most important thing is to think of the present. Don't forget about the past because it teaches us a lot. It is important to think of the present because we must work very hard and speak through our actions, not words."
"Because it is important now to say okay, we are ready to fight, we can come back very soon and to win the title - those are just words. Its important now to act, all together, because now is not a good period for us. There are problems but we stay here to solve them."
"The situation is not easy and it's very important to understand this. Also, it's important to stay together in this moment and to create the right spirit between us, the fans, the club, players, manager and all the people who work at Chelsea."
Conte's men continue their pre-season against AC Milan on Wednesday in the International Champions Cup.
London rivals West Ham then loom on the opening day of the Premier League season at Stamford Bridge, on August 14.
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