Conte: “The desire to coach is still there: I’m waiting for a serious project to evaluate it”

At the moment it is stopped. Waiting for a call. In Arezzo, where he received the “Timone d’oro” award, Antonio Conte spoke to the press present at the ceremony: “The desire to coach is always there, the passion never sets. In that case I’ll have to look inside and thinking about not doing this job anymore. But I don’t have the anxiety of looking for a bench, should something important and serious happen, I’d take it into consideration, in Italy or abroad”.

Tottenham experience

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Conte also spoke of his last experience at Tottenham: “There have been positive things and others less so, but the experience was wonderful, we did our best and gave everything we had. When I arrived the team was eighth/ninth, and we got to the Champions League. Then this year, with the fourth-placed team, I decided to share my path with that of Tottenham, because many were satisfied with the path up to that point.”

INTER

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Conte then spoke of Inter’s defeat in the Champions League final by Manchester City: “Inter did something extraordinary and for having reached the final great credit must be given to the players, the coach and the club. Roma and Fiorentina. This year the Italian teams in Europe have shown that we are not far from the others. I was 200% convinced that Manchester City would suffer against Inter who are a very well-prepared formation and which is never easy to beat. City felt the weight of being favourites. Lukaku? He also proved his worth in those 30 minutes of the final in which he entered and the team’s danger increased. This year he had physical problems but you can’t put doubt its value”.

Berlusconi and Milan

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Here we are with Berlusconi: “He was a visionary. He always did everything he set out to do at a very high level and he was extraordinary at the helm of Milan. He and Galliani tried to bring me to Milan in the past. For me this is it is a source of pride and satisfaction because we are talking about two people who have always appreciated me, as I have always appreciated them”. Final on Spalletti: “Congratulations to the Napoli players, to Luciano and to the club. Winning in Naples is not easy and Spalletti has done something important”.