Chelsea bag Tale after months of uncertainty



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  Antonio Conte was sacked as head coach of Chelsea after two seasons in charge (Owen Humphreys / PA Images)
Antonio Conte was sacked as Chelsea's head coach after two seasons in charge (Owen Humphreys / PA Images)

Antonio Conte in Chelsea has been fired after months of speculation about his future and despite the fact that he has not been able to do so. Italy is overseeing pre-season training earlier this week.

The 48-year-old had another year of contract, but left the Blues 55 days after winning the 2017-18 England Cup in his last game.

Maurizio Sarri, former boss of Napoli to replace Conte as boss and was supposed to be in London on Friday. Chelsea refused to comment

Tale led Chelsea to the 2016-17 Premier League title in his first season as boss, reviving The side He finished fifth in the league in 2017-18, missing the qualification for the Champions League, and friction with Chelsea's hierarchy and influential players caused Conte to leave after two seasons.

Blues statement read: "Chelsea Football Club and Antonio Conte left the company.

" During Antonio's time at the club, we won our sixth league title and the eighth FA Cup. In the winning season of the title, the club set a record of 30 wins in a season of 38 Premier League matches, as well as a record 13 consecutive league wins.

"We wish Antonio every success in his future career."

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Antonio Conte won the Premier League in his first season as a coach Chelsea Head (Mike Egerton / PA Images)

Chelsea's 64-word statement marks the end of a

Uncertainty enveloped Conte's position all last season and it seemed that he would leave in February, after successive losses of three goals to Bournemouth and Watford.

He hung up, but reports emerged on Thursday. According to Italy, the death knell has sounded on his reign

The playmaker Chelsea Cesc Fabregas and former captain John Terry both paid homage to Conte, before l? official announcement of the club

Conte signed a three-year contract before becoming chels ea coach in July 2016, after leading Italy to Euro 2016.

His contract was improved, but not prolonged, in July 2017 after the victory of the title, alluding to differences with the hierarchy of the Blues. These differences proved irreconcilable.

Tale did not do much to hide his disagreement over Chelsea's transfer business during the summer of 2017 and the winter of 2017-18, making barely veiled critics of " club". for another Premier League title and FA Cup. It was not easy for me to convince you at first but I hope I made you proud! Good luck for the future. #CFC

– Cesc Fàbregas Soler (@ cesc4official) July 12, 2018

There were also reports of disgruntled players.

Playmaker Fabregas "liked" a message to welcome Conte's departure on Twitter, quickly apologizing and suggesting that he had pressed the button by mistake before wishing Conte the chance to # 39; future.

Some pointed to Diego Costa's saga as proof that Conte had lost his way. The Italian last summer sent a text message to the attacker saying that he was surplus to requirements.

But Costa had wanted to leave for a while. Conte managed to thwart the attacker and then facilitated his exit, but not the way the club would have liked.

There was a lack of cloakroom endorsement in the days leading up to the FA Cup final and captain Gary Cahill called it

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Chelsea defeated a Manchester United team led by Jose Mourinho – Conte's predecessor as boss of Chelsea – at Wembley on May 19.

After Conte a said he was a "serial winner" who "can not change," citing his contract as he responded to speculation that it would be his last match in charge.

The end was coming in hours or days, rather than weeks.

Almost two months later, Chelsea is looking for a 13 th pe Chelsea's usual practice is to pay a sacked manager for the duration of their contract and, without real high-level work, Conte could receive a salary from the Blues.

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This is the most difficult period of Chelsea's possession by Roman Abramovich (Mike Egerton / PA Images)

This is undoubtedly Abramovich's most difficult period In addition, Chelsea indefinitely postponed the reconstruction plans of Stamford Bridge in a project that would cost more than a billion pounds

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Chelsea's first preseason game is July 23 with Perth Glory.

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Maurizio Sarri is the favorite to succeed Antonio Conte as boss of Chelsea (Scott Heavey / PA Images)

The Blues leave for Australia Western next Wednesday and hope that Sarri will be on board.

Sarri replaced Conte as an ephemeral spell patron at Arezzo in 2006-07 before Conte was renamed.

For three years with Napoli, Sarri's team finished twice second. Gianfranco Zola, the former playmaker from Chelsea, could join the Sarri coaching team – if his Italian compatriot is named.

The Blues were also linked to the signing of the Italian midfielder of Naples, Jorginho.

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