Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has expressed his delight at securing the services of N'Golo Kante.

The France international midfielder's switch from Premier League champion Leicester City to Stamford Bridge on a five-year deal was confirmed on Saturday, with the fee reported to be in the region of 32 million pounds ($42.2 million).

Conte went on to oversee a 2-0 friendly defeat at Rapid Vienna in his first game at the helm but was still beaming afterwards over the prospect of working with the 25-year-old.

"I am very, very happy the club have bought this player," he told a post-match news conference at the Allianz Stadion. "He is a good player with good technique, fantastic stamina and I like this type of player.

"I think when you want to win you need these players - Kante, [Nemanja] Matic, who work hard for the team. Kante can give a lot to Chelsea to enforce and so on, [he can be] very important for us if we want to play with two central midfielders. He showed in last season he is able to play with another in midfield."

Conte, who will welcome new arrival Michy Batshuayi into his first-team group on Monday, is pleased with Chelsea's recruitment efforts during the early days of his tenure.

"I am very happy because together we are working to improve the squad. We know we have to improve but we prefer to wait and take the right player, rather than to go for a player with emotion that doesn’t adapt to our idea of football."