Football News: Ex-Juventus Coach, Antonio Conte Agrees 'Deal in Principle' to Become Next Chelsea Manager
Antonio
Conte is the odds-on favourite to become the next Chelsea manager,
following reports in Italy he has agreed a deal in principle to join the
Blues in the summer.
Italy manager Antonio Conte is expected to become the Chelsea boss next season
English Premier League club, Chelsea have agreed a 'deal in principle' for
Italy boss, Antonio Conte to become their new manager whose contract
with Italy will expire at the end of Euro 2016, and the 46-year-old
wants to return to club management.
Italian newspaper, La Gazzetta dello Sport has claimed that a deal
had been struck between Conte and Chelsea, and that Roman Abramovich
will make the final call on whether he gets the job.
Conte will meet with the FIGC – the Italian football federation in
March to confirm that he wants to leave after this summer's tournament
in France. He is also set to hold further talks with Chelsea in the same
month ahead of Italy’s friendlies with Spain and Germany.
Sky Sports News HQ revealed that Chelsea technical director,
Michael Emenalo travelled to Italy on Tuesday and was present at
Juventus' Champions League last-16 tie against Bayern Munich to meet
with Conte who also attended
SSN HQ are currently investigating the claim the Italy coach has
agreed a two-year deal to become the permanent successor to Jose
Mourinho.
Sky Italia's Valentina Fass told SSN HQ that Conte had been linked
with Chelsea for some time and a deal between the two was reported to be
close to being agreed before Christmas.
However, she said nothing had been signed, adding: "We know
that by March, Chelsea want to decide who their manager for next year
will be - Conte seems to be ahead in the talks but nothing has been
decided yet.
"There are still other contenders. [Diego] Simeone, even though
it looks like he wants to stay at Atletico Madrid, is one of the names
on the list still, also [Max] Allegri, Juventus manager, is on the
list."
If Conte does join Chelsea, he will become the 10th manager to work
under owner Roman Abramovich since the Russian billionaire acquired the
club from Ken Bates in 2004.
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