Special Juan 26,141 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Today Chelsea FC is delighted to appoint Antonio Conte as our new First Team Head Coach. Quote Chelsea Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Antonio Conte as First Team Head Coach. Conte, who is currently the manager of the Italy national side, has signed a three-year contract. He will begin work in London following his country’s participation in this summer’s Euro 2016 tournament. The 46-year-old said: ‘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. 'Chelsea and English football are watched wherever you go, the fans are passionate and my ambition is to have more success to follow the victories I enjoyed in Italy. '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.’ 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. Having played more than 400 games for the Italian giants, Conte’s three years in charge of the team between 2011 and 2014 yielded three straight Serie A titles - Juventus’s first league championships in eight years and their first three-in-a-row since the early 1930s. They had finished seventh the two seasons prior to Conte. http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2016/04/conte-appointed.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chelsea4 1,521 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Welcome Antonio Conte. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cosmicway 1,033 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 There was one Italian success story this year (Ranieri). Lat's hope he can make it. I don't agree with Cuadrado come back. His amazing resurrection with Juve does not guarantee he can do it here. More likely than not, he is not suited by the premier, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Cosmin 2,347 Posted April 4, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2016 20 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Special Juan 26,141 Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 Now get your heads together and start now to identifying top players, no fucking about. Lets go, nobody wants a season like this one. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jype 5,931 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Delightful news, glad to have it confirmed now and not just after the Euros. Next up, get JT that new damn contract. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chelseabluerising 60 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Yesssss excited to see who we buy now ?? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Melanicus 5,208 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Antonio: 'Chelsea, you can Conte on me!' 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
manpe 10,578 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 What happens if he is found guilty in court? Another shitcloud over Chelsea? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Last Sicarius 570 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 : D 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pizy 15,332 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 While it's definitely exciting to finally have it announced, it's hard for me to get super hyped yet until we start signing players that will make me confident about the future. I have to know that the club won't force him to "do it with the same squad." 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chelsea4 1,521 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Conte: "I am very excited about the prospect of working at Chelsea Football Club." Conte: "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" Conte: "I am looking forward to meeting everyone at the club and the day-to-day challenge of competing in the Premier League." Conte: "Chelsea and English football are watched wherever you go, the fans are passionate and my ambition is to have more success to follow" Conte: "I am happy we have made the announcement now so everything is clear and we can end the speculation." Conte: "I will continue to focus on my job with the Italian national team and will reserve speaking about Chelsea again until after the Euros." 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iseah100 5,612 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Awwww shit! Hellllz yeeuh.! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
petre.ispirescu 4,928 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Welcome mister! There is a lot of things to be done at this club, but first and foremost sell the deadwood. Good luck and see you after the Euros. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spike 12,049 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Fantastic news. I'm happy to see that it has been taken care of before the Euros. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
milllz 43 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 First team coach? Not manager? Does this mean he's not in charge of transfers? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Zenza001 60 Posted April 4, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2016 best wishes for your new adventure antonio !! I will watch EVERY week YOUR chelsea !! 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Mikel OBE 4,492 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 We just appointed a new manager, and this thread is still on the first page? Have people bailed already? 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Pizy 15,332 Posted April 4, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2016 5 minutes ago, Sir Mikel OBE said: We just appointed a new manager, and this thread is still on the first page? Have people bailed already? This forum has been like this since everyone realized Chelsea were going to be shit this year. It's clear that TalkChelsea was filled with bandwagoners and plastics. This place used to have loads more posters and the site would crash due to server overload. Now it's seemingly only a group of about 20 people who post regularly. Pretty sad. Guess they've all gone and become City fans... 10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sideshow Luiz 2,310 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 7 minutes ago, Sir Mikel OBE said: We just appointed a new manager, and this thread is still on the first page? Have people bailed already? I think everyone has posted their comments on Conte in the "Next Chelsea manager" thread, sometime over the last 2 months. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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