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Conte to step down as Italy coach after Euro 2016

Tuesday, 15 March 2016 3:55 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 15 March 2016 3:55 PM ]

Antonio Conte, the head coach of the Italian national team.

Antonio Conte will step down as Italy coach after this year's Euro 2016 in France.

Italian football federation president says Conte is keen to become a club manager because misses the day-to-day life of club football. That leaves Conte clear to become the next manager of English Premier League club Chelsea, a job with which he has been strongly linked.

The 46-year-old took control of the Azzurri in 2014 after Cesare Prandelli resigned following a first-round exit at the 2014 World Cup and secured their qualification for the European Championship in France.

Conte has won three Serie A titles with Juventus. Reports say the former Juventus midfielder who returned to the Bianconeri as manager in 2011, has held talks with Chelsea to take charge of the London side.

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