World record £60m fee for Leonardo Bonucci would be justified, and Antonio Conte is the man to make him even better. 

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Bonucci is one of the best defenders on the planet.

Roman Abramovich is willing to sanction a world record bid for Leonardo Bonucci,

 but what's all the fuss about?

The Chelsea owner is looking to give Antonio Conte the necessary resources to take the club back to the summit the Russian expects them to occupy. The defence certainly needs improving at Stamford Bridge.

David Luiz has predictably not shored things up sufficiently since his move back to London, and the team look as desperate as ever for John Terry's leadership.

A switch to three at the back last week coincided with only their second clean sheet under Conte, but the Italian won't be reading too much into a 2-0 win at a threadbare Hull.

David Luiz has not brought defensive stability Credit: AP

Thirty-five year-old Terry won't be around for a great deal longer and the summer transfer window - and Luiz's return in particular - has shown there is not currently a great deal of defensive quality available at a reasonable price. Hence this potential big money move for Leonardo Bonucci.
Conte used the three-man defence that served him so well in previous jobs for the victory over Hull, and he is going back to what he knows in more ways than one. Bonucci is a player he knows from his time at Juventus and in charge of Italy, and a player he knows he can trust.

Bonucci has won everything there is to win in Italy Credit: REUTERS

Conte has become known in recent years for building exceptional defensive units. At Juventus he won three Serie A titles in three seasons, going unbeaten in 2011/12, setting an Italian record of 102 points in 2013/14 and conceding only 67 goals in 114 league games.
At one stage his Juventus side went nearly 13 hours without letting in a single goal - the seventh longest ever run of clean sheets in the history of Serie A. Since Conte departed, the defence he constructed, with Gianluigi Buffon in goal, broke the record, lasting nearly 1,000 minutes between goals conceded.

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