Conte’s assistant responds to links with ‘great team’ Milan: 'There is no preclusion'

Antonio Conte’s historic assistant Christian Stellini has given an interesting interview in which he suggests that AC Milan have a project that would be a good fit for the coach.

Milan have been linked with about a dozen different head coaches since the news broke from various sources that Stefano Pioli’s tenure would be coming to an end once the current season finishes.

Despite the fact that he is out of work and there are questions about whether he is a good fit for Milan, Conte’s name is one that has constantly emerged.

Il Mattino even reported yesterday that the Rossoneri management are planning to meet the agents of the Italian coach this week to see if there are the right conditions to potentially move forward.

In an interview given to TeleLombardia, Conte’s deputy Stellini answered some questions on the criteria for choosing both a project and a player while he spoke about the possibilities for the future. Radio Rossonera relayed his words.

Is Antonio ready to return to work?

“The desire to return is great. However, the year was spent in the name of work, of updating. A great deal of work was done in the winter because Antonio always wants to update and improve. In the next adventure, if there is one, there will be some tactical innovations: we have worked a lot on this. Conte wants to bring more unpredictability and modernity to the game.”

There’s a lot of talk about the fact that Conte is a difficult coach to manage…

“If we are talking about the difficulty of management, this is common to all important coaches like Conte, even those who are growing today. It is never easy to create synergies between club and coach, because the club always has results and economic needs that do not always coincide with the needs of the coach who wants to win every match.

“Then there are coaches who hide this thing and others who make it transparent: Conte is transparent, very demanding, but has always achieved great results. And this is the center of the discussion.”

It is also said that he has big demands when it comes to the mercato…

“If I look at Conte’s career, I see a coach who asked for ambitious projects, not players. And ambitious projects don’t necessarily mean expensive players.

“The only player specifically asked for by Conte was Lukaku, who then scored 60 goals for Inter and won a Scudetto: who wouldn’t have taken him at that moment? And then he was sold for double the money.

“This myth also needs to be dispelled: Conte has always made plans to grow, both in sporting and financial terms, and he has always achieved the result.”