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Antonio Conte Delivers Cruel Blow to Chelsea While Finally Speaking Out on Real Madrid Job Links

​Antonio Conte has finally spoken out on rumours linking him with the Real Madrid manager's job, which caretaker boss Santiago Solari is on the verge of being handed full-time. 

Conte was the early frontrunner for the job after Julen Lopetegui was sacked last month, but the concerns of some members of the playing squad – along with some behind the scenes wrangling and his complicated situation with Chelsea – led to him falling out of the running. 

The Italian told Rai Sport (via ​Marca) on Monday that he will now stay out of management until next season. His words will come as a blow to his ​former employers in west London, who will have to pay the £11.3m owed to him for the final season of his contract if he remains out of work.

Conte also talked about his coaching philosophy in relation to ​Sergio Ramos' hints that he would have to work to earn the respect of the ​Real squad, saying: "Ramos' words? When a coach arrives at a team he must bring education and respect, something that he would expect from the players too. When this goes wrong, the problems begin.


"We Italian coaches have a great culture of work and when you join a new club you can't change everything, you must try and do it very gradually. Each coach must be a good tailor and adapt their beliefs to the human material that they have at their disposal."

On his future, he added: "For a coach of my level it's better to wait until June and not take a train to my career. I will wait until next season."


Source : 90min