It seems that the messages stating that Antonio Conte will leave London's "Chelsea" after the season are not far from the truth - Roberto Fabbricini, the temporary president of the Italian Football Federation, revealed that the coach desires to train the national team.
Let's remind that after an unsuccessful qualification phase for the 2018 World Cup, Gianpiero Ventura was removed from his duties as the coach of the Italian national team, so Italians currently do not have an official head coach.
The media talks about four candidates - Roberto Mancini, Carlo Ancelotti, Claudio Ranieri, and the aforementioned A. Conte.
"Yes, Mancini was in Rome, but we did not discuss coaching the national team. Conte seems eager to work with the Italian national team, Carlo Ancelotti seems to open doors to this work, but at the same time closes them, while Ranieri is not on the list of candidates," the main representative of the federation said when the president Carlo Tavecchio stepped down.
A. Conte led the Italian national team from 2014-16. The coach participated with the national team in the 2016 European Championship and withdrew from the competition in the quarterfinals against Germany.
