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Published 17:22 12 Jul 2018 BST
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Their relationship has appeared strained ever since Conte took over at Stamford Bridge as Matic and Kante were preferred by the Italian, and the player has since admitted that the appointment was probably the reason he didn't make it in Spain's Russia 2018 squad.
Last month he said: "When Conte first game to Chelsea I wasn’t playing at all. He [Julen Lopetegui] wanted to try to give opportunities to the younger players who he worked with at the Under-21s and Under-19s. Fair play to him, they’ve done well, they’ve been playing well for two years."
Even before that, Fabregas openly criticised Conte's defensive tactics as Chelsea were knocked out of the Champions League at the hands of Barcelona in February.
"Defending for 90 minutes is a suicide mission we have to have personality and play our game," he said following their first leg defeat.
Still, there is the slimmest of chances that Cesc did actually accidentally like the tweet, as he has since claimed.
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