Antonio Conte is in line to receive a bumper new contract from
Chelsea amid growing reports that Inter Milan have offered the Blues
boss a £10m-a-year deal to return to Italy.
The Daily Express has reported that Chelsea have already opened negotiations with Conte's representatives over an improved deal to ward off interest from clubs in his homeland, and that any new deal in the offing will be signed at the end of the season.
Conte only recently signed a £6.5m-a-year, three-year contract with the Londoners when he agreed to take charge last summer, and has led Chelsea to the top of the Premier League in his maiden campaign in charge after a nervy start to the season.
However, Inter - backed by new Chinese billionaire owners Suning Group - are alleged to be plotting to bring the 47-year-old back to Serie A, with Tuttosport having claimed that a multi-million pound contract and sizable transfer warchest, thought to be over £300m, are on the table waiting for Conte's response.
The Daily Mirror also suggests that Chelsea remain confident of keeping Conte at the club, and see no reason why their current manager would renege on his contract and look to depart after enjoying a sterling first season in English football.
Inter, meanwhile, have recovered from a torrid start to the 2016/17 campaign, with previous boss Frank de Boer replaced by Stefano Pioli following an alarming first few months of this term where results were concerned.
The
latter has led I Nerazzurri to 10 wins in 13 league matches in charge -
form which has resulted in the Italian outfit making a late push for a
European qualification spot via the league next season - but Pioli is
already under slight pressure as Suning Group do not consider him to be
the big name brand that will put Inter back on the footballing map.
Pioli would be in line for some form of compensation if he is relieved of his duties after signing an 18-month deal back in November, and Inter would certainly have to splash out if they harbour serious ambitions of luring Conte to the San Siro.
Suning Group, who also own Jiangsu Suning in the Chinese Super League, are not short of cash, however, and would be able to pay any compensation fee to Chelsea if they managed to prise Conte away from his current employers.
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The Daily Express has reported that Chelsea have already opened negotiations with Conte's representatives over an improved deal to ward off interest from clubs in his homeland, and that any new deal in the offing will be signed at the end of the season.
Conte only recently signed a £6.5m-a-year, three-year contract with the Londoners when he agreed to take charge last summer, and has led Chelsea to the top of the Premier League in his maiden campaign in charge after a nervy start to the season.
His
deal with the Blues has him some way off the league's top earners (Pep
Guardiola, Jose Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp) but Conte is said to be happy
with the work he is carrying out at the four-time Premier League
champions, and would like to stay and challenge himself against the
world's best bosses.
However, Inter - backed by new Chinese billionaire owners Suning Group - are alleged to be plotting to bring the 47-year-old back to Serie A, with Tuttosport having claimed that a multi-million pound contract and sizable transfer warchest, thought to be over £300m, are on the table waiting for Conte's response.
Conte
is said to be have a close working relationship with Chelsea owner
Roman Abramovich, and the only logical way that the Italian would leave
Stamford Bridge would be if he fell out with the Russian oligarch.
Other
reports claim, however, that Conte is mulling over a return to Italy
after becoming homesick in London - conjecture which flies in the face
of the ex-Juventus boss apparently ready to bring his wife Elisabetta
and daughter Vittoria to the English capital in the close season.The Daily Mirror also suggests that Chelsea remain confident of keeping Conte at the club, and see no reason why their current manager would renege on his contract and look to depart after enjoying a sterling first season in English football.
Inter, meanwhile, have recovered from a torrid start to the 2016/17 campaign, with previous boss Frank de Boer replaced by Stefano Pioli following an alarming first few months of this term where results were concerned.
Pioli would be in line for some form of compensation if he is relieved of his duties after signing an 18-month deal back in November, and Inter would certainly have to splash out if they harbour serious ambitions of luring Conte to the San Siro.
Suning Group, who also own Jiangsu Suning in the Chinese Super League, are not short of cash, however, and would be able to pay any compensation fee to Chelsea if they managed to prise Conte away from his current employers.
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