Seeing news that Davide Zappacosta might be heading to Genoa (on loan, obviously) made me think about Antonio Conte& #39;s insane obsession with full-backs.

Zappacosta wasn& #39;t even a regular at Torino & he cost Chelsea €28m plus bonuses!

Last season, Conte& #39;s Inter brought in;

Valentino Lazaro €22m
Ashley Young €1.5m
Cristiano Biraghi (loan)
Victor Moses (loan)
(& don& #39;t underestimate the wage costs either)

But discovered that Danilo D& #39;Ambrosio (who was already there) was their best full-back by some distance

Now they& #39;ve added Aleksandar Kolarov €1.5m &
Achraf Hakimi €40m while seeing Dalbert (who cost €20m in 2017) return from his loan at Fiorentina.

Soon there& #39;ll be an episode of "Hoarding: Buried Alive" & they& #39;ll show Antonio Conte& #39;s attic overflowing with average full-backs.

And let& #39;s not forget his time at Juve. The summer he arrived they& #39;d already agreed a deal for Reto Zeigler but he didn& #39;t like him so he never played a minute for the Bianconeri.

During Conte& #39;s three-year Juve tenure he oversaw the arrivals of;

Stephen Lichtsteiner €10m
Marcelo Estigarribia €0.5m
Martin Caceres €8m
Mauricio Isla €18.8m
Federico Peluso €6m
Kwadwo Asamoah €18m