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title: "Ex-Chelsea boss Antonio Conte returning to management next summer"
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author: "Henry Jackson"
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published: "2018-11-13T08:06:55Z"
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# Ex-Chelsea boss Antonio Conte returning to management next summer

Former Chelsea manager Antonio Conte says he intends to return to management next June.

The 49-year-old was relieved of his duties at Stamford Bridge during the summer, having led the Blues to the Premier League title in 2016/17 and FA Cup a year later.

Conte has been heavily linked with the vacant Real Madrid job since Julen Lopetegui was sacked, but the rumours appear to have cooled in recent times.

[Speaking](https://www.goal.com/en/news/i-will-start-a-new-project-in-june-conte-rules-out-an/1sz2wfjt4edil13trig4locrrc) to reporters about his future, the Italian admitted next summer will likely see him return, preferably to his homeland:

![Ian MacNicol/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/958293290.jpg)

> Real Madrid? As I see it, it is better to wait until the end of the season than to take a train running now.

> I want to wait for June and start again with a new project. In three months I could change my mind and deny everything, but I’ve always thought of it this way.

> Of course, I am Italian and I like to live and train in Italy, obviously, at the moment there is an incredible dominance of Juventus, but the pursuers are they are strengthening year after year.

![Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/960114728.jpg)

Conte has built up a reputation as one of Europe’s top coaches for a number of years now, following excellent spells with Juventus and Chelsea.

His time in west London may have ended on more of a negative note, but he won’t be without suitors next summer.