Conte is bizarrely obsessed with full-backs. He literally signs 5 or 6 every window! He loaned out Perisic last season, as he deemed him unable to play as a wing-back, only to now call him back and start him ahead of the multitude of wing-backs he's spend fortunes on! He's also tried to force out Icardi, Nainggolan, Godin, Skriniar, etc, etc, so players he doesn't want aren't always bad.
Back OT, I can't even think of who the last free agent we signed was, and I can't see us bucking that trend now. Hopefully one more in from the Championship, and that'll be it at most