Italian National soccer team

Without discussing Chelsea or other team, Antonio Conte has made a decision to step down as Italy mentor next year's European Championship.

The former Juventus player and advisor, who took over Italy's national team after the 2014 World Cup, happens to be associated with a move to the Premier League.

There was conjecture that Conte may join Chelsea due to the fact club's manager.

Italian football federation president Carlo Tavecchio stated Tuesday that Conte misses the day-to-day life of club soccer.

"Antonio Conte has actually told me that after the European Championship, their experience will end, " Tavecchio stated on their method into a federal board conference in Rome. "He feels the calling associated with the pitch, the day-to-day training sessions, and that is easy to understand."

Conte became Italy coach after Cesare Prandelli resigned after a first-round exit on World Cup in Brazil. He steered Italy to beginning in its qualifying team for the European Championship, making an area inside last competition with a game title to spare.

"today our utmost focus is only from the European Championship, where we are going to take to with work and give up to help make the the majority of our potential, " Conte stated on their official Twitter page. "people who know me realize that i am going to offer everything I have. Afterwards I feel that i need to come back to managing a club therefore are able to mentor everyday."

Off-field difficulty

Off the area, Conte is heading to trial in Italy alongside 103 other people on match-fixing fees in a wide-ranging scandal referred to as Calcioscommesse.

Tavecchio features supplied an agreement expansion to Conte on several events but the 46-year-old advisor favored to help keep his choices available.

"we have always reinforced Conte, we chatted almost daily, " Tavecchio stated. "We will evaluate issues calmly, now's the time to simply take stock and carry on our transactions with an individual who restored the image of your nationwide group with hard work and give up. And I also will thank him for that. Life's destinies modification.

"He misses the daily routine, the odor of this lawn, this is the most crucial thing he believed to myself. It is not a concern of money, it is a question of work. That is what he said."