Antonio Conte wants to break Chelsea's 'bad record' of sackings and lead Blues at new stadium

Chelsea coach Antonio Conte insists he feels so at home at Stamford Bridge that he wants to still be in charge after the ground has been redeveloped.

There has been a lot of speculation over Conte's future at the club following a difficult pre-season and losing their opening Premier League game 3-2 at home to Burnley.

The Italian signed a new contract in the summer, but didn't agree an extension as expected so it still expires in 2019. After their recent problems, he has been installed as the favourite top-flight manager to be sacked.

Abramovich has hired 10 different managers over the last 14 years (including two spells from Jose Mourinho and Gus Hiddink), and Mourinho's first spell - lasting just over three years in 2004-7 - is the longest.

Conte, who officially took over 13 months ago, is fully aware of Chelsea's hiring and firing record, but said: "I want to break this bad record. I must be positive.

"When you start a job with a new club, I hope to stay in this club for many years. It means you have the possibility to work with the same players, to improve these players and years by years."

Chelsea have been given planning permission to develop Stamford Bridge into a 60,000 stadium.

Delays mean the project may not be finished until 2022 at the very earliest, but Conte feels staying at the helm for another five years is possible.

"Why not?" He said. "I hope because this could be a fantastic challenge for me and also for the club, to stay together and also to play with this team in a new stadium.

"Honestly, the new stadium will be great, but I love a lot Stamford Bridge, also to play in the stadium. I feel Stamford Bridge is like my house."

Meanwhile, Conte has given a big hint that he will start club record signing Alvaro Morata against Tottenham on Sunday.

Morata, who joined from Real Madrid for an initial £58m last month, impressed as a second half substitute in Chelsea's 3-2 loss to Burnley last week.

The Spain international scored his first goal for the club to start their fightback from 3-0 down and also set up David Luiz for the second.

And Conte said: "Morata is ready to start the game, yes. For sure. I repeat he needs to improve his physical condition and he needs a bit of time to reach the top, but he's in contention for the game."

The Chelsea coach has surprised observers up till now by picking Michy Batshuayi up front against Arsenal in the Community Shield and Burnley, leaving the club's record buy on the bench.

But Conte explained: "If you remember Morata didn't play regularly with Real Madrid last season because he was behind Karem Benzema.

"Usually when you don't play regularly you lose sometimes your performance, sometimes your quality in your physical condition. You need a bit of time to recover this.

"We want Morata to play regularly for Chelsea. But my choices don't depend on the cost of money.

"We can spend a lot of money for one player and then I put him on the bench, because I'm seeing this player is not ready to play.

"He worked in the same way after he missed the penalty (against Arsenal in the Community Shield). This is a life of a player. To live positive or negative situation.

"The most important thing is to have the confidence of the coach, the club, the team-mates."

Conte admitted last month that if there was any striker he would want to sign it would be Spurs striker Harry Kane.

But Conte says it wasn't meant as a sign of disrespect to Morata, who he believes can become a star in the Premier League just like Kane is now.

"Morata is a young player," Conte said. "He can stay in this club for many years to become a fantastic striker for this club.

"Recently I only told that I have admiration for Kane, for this player, but I think it's normal. It doesn't mean that I don't like my players."