From my point of view Conte has his reasons to insist on refreshing and rejuvenating this team. Some of our crucial players like Pirlo, Lichtsteiner, Barzagli, they all seem tired, worn out, and after three-year campaign cycle has run its course. In order to stay competitive and fight for next trophies we need to replace at least 7-8 players.
I don't agree with this part about fighting for CL spot, though. Of course, if we bring in a lot of youngsters, it will be extremelly dumb to put massive pressure on their shoulders and expect results from bunch of kids. But on the other hand I can't imagine that we are going to build our new team only on the base of talented but unexperienced up and coming youngsters. We need to purchase players with rich background as well, to strenghten some departmens, to add something we lack at the moment - counterattack threat for example. And after two or three transfer of aforementioned kind, we can start to play with Gabbiadini's, Baselli's and Rugani's, bring them back, show how serious team looks like and expect to adjust to the new environment after some time.