Chelsea appoints Antonio Conte as first team head coach
He will begin work in London following his country’s participation in this summer’s Euro 2016 tournament.
The 46-year-old was quoted as saying by the club website: "I am very excited about the prospect of working at Chelsea Football Club. I am proud to be the coach of the national team of my country and only a role as attractive as manager of Chelsea could follow that."
"I am looking forward to meeting everyone at the club and the day-to-day challenge of competing in the Premier League," he said.
"I am happy we have made the announcement now so everything is clear and we can end the speculation. I will continue to focus on my job with the Italian national team and will reserve speaking about Chelsea again until after the Euros," he said.
Conte will be the fifth Italian to manage Chelsea, following on from Gianluca Vialli, Claudio Ranieri, Carlo Ancelotti and Roberto Di Matteo. In common with the first three of those names, he was formerly at Juventus, in his case as both a player and a manager.
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