Mercato – PSG, Juve, Inter: Where could Antonio Conte bounce back after leaving Tottenham?

Now free of any contract, the Italian technician has set out to find a new challenge, his popularity rating remaining very high on the coaching market. For what ? “Because despite his character, he is a coach who wins and very often fulfills the objectives set, or even more. He has this image of a winning coach“, answers us an Italian transfer window expert. What now? “The field of possibilities is great and no track is to be ruled out, but a return to Italy is his priority.“, he adds. So, where could Conte bounce?

L’Inter Milan

According to Italian bookmakers, this is the most likely hypothesis. It must be said that Simone Inzaghi, currently in office, is in the hot seat. If he does not raise the bar by the end of the season, the Lombard technician could be asked to pack his bags before the summer, which would free up a place of choice and still very coveted. In this case, the Milanese leaders, the managing director Giuseppe Marotta at the head, would look at his replacement. Or rather its predecessor. According to the transalpine media, Conte is indeed in the shortlist, with names like those of Thiago Motta (Bologna) and Roberto De Zerbi (Brighton).

The problem is that the former Italy coach had left the ship convinced that it would sink, after a 2020-2021 exercise punctuated by a Scudetto but above all by a resizing of the project. Unhappy, aware that it would be complicated to win again, especially in anticipation of the departures of big caliber like Achraf Hakimi and Romelu Lukaku, Conte preferred to leave Inter. With, in his pocket, a check of around 7 million euros. Would the Beneamata be able to pass the towel and forget everything? The hour being always with the economies, it will be necessary to think about it twice before giving again the bar with the man of the 19th Scudetto. The tifosi, they seem mostly against this comeback.

L’AC Milan

We stay in Milan, but this time on the red and black side of the Naviglio. After winning the title last season, Stefano Pioli is also in danger, especially if he does not secure a place in the top 4 in the championship synonymous with qualification for the next edition of the C1. Let it be said, the technician is paradoxically less at risk than his friend from Inter, since Paolo Maldini still has great confidence in his coach, who extended his contract at the start of the season. But he does not have immunity, and his fate will be sealed depending on the results of the coming weeks, including the Champions League quarter-final against Napoli.

After being very close to landing on the Lombard bench in 2014, Antonio Conte would then certainly be in the small papers of the Rossoneri, although his salary could be a brake. In addition, the current project of the Milanese club always consists of betting on young players with high potential, not really the cup of tea of ​​the native of Lecce. At this stage, therefore, we would rather bet on continuity with Stefano Pioli. This is also what filters through on the other side of the Alps.

PSG

“He’s someone who always goes against everyoneit’s his character, said former striker Christian Vieri at the Corriere della Sera Wednesday. If you take him, you can’t expect someone who shuts up and lets everything pass (…) He is demanding, serious and always gets angry after two seasons, always leaving with problems. Having him in his club is not relaxing, but they are choices.”

By taking Conte, PSG could experience even more areas of turbulence than in the past, that is to say… But at least the coach renowned for his grip and his qualities as a leader of men would have the merit of putting back order in a locker room that is too often dispersed. At the end of 2018, and according to certain rumors, that of Real Madrid had opposed his possible arrival. With, well, a certain Sergio Ramos in the lead. “It’s wrong, I was the one who refused the job“, had tried to rectify Conte a few years later.

Juventus

For the 53-year-old technician, Juve will never be a club like the others. Despite the final confusion, he spent more than twenty years there as a player (thirteen seasons), captain, symbol of “juventinità” then victorious coach. Agnelli left, and even if the two had had a discussion as a form of peace, a return is no longer taboo. “Allegri, however, has a concrete contract and has recently seen his sporting powers strengthen with this restructuring of the club (…) Juve also intends to leave with young players to find their place and possibly trophies, and therefore do not see in Conte the ideal coach for this historic passage, and vice versa“, wrote La Gazzetta dello Sport this week. A reunion cannot be ruled out, but perhaps not now.

the rome

Within the eternal city, the name of Conte has often animated the debates of the many Roman radios. And again recently. There, attracting a trainer of this caliber has always been a dream, even a fantasy that Dan Friedkin, the current owner, very seriously thought about satisfying. Before, finally, seizing the opportunity to sign another great figure, José Mourinho. But after a first season punctuated by a victory in the Europa League Conference, the Special One would have thought of leaving at the end of the current second. This is when the Conte track reappeared. Finally, the Sports Courier ended the suspense on Wednesday: the Portuguese decided to stay an additional season, until 2024. For Conte, who never completely closed the door to Roma, he will still have to wait.