Conte Wants Cooperation with Pirlo in Chelsea

Pirlo and Antonio Conte

Conte Wants Cooperation with Pirlo in Chelsea

Chelsea assistant manager Steve Holland will leave Stamford Bridge at the end of the season after being inducted into the right hand Gareth Southgate in England. For the sake of filling the void left by Holland, the main manager, Antonio Conte, is said to have asked the management to bring in replacement figure in accordance with the criteria craved.

Conte also mentioned wanting an Italian to occupy the vacant seat will be. And Andrea Pirlo is one of those names meant.

In an interview with talkSPORT, Ray Wilkins, who also served as assistant manager at Chelsea, disclose it. He said if Conte is currently prioritizing Pirlo as his assistant next season later.

"I know the fact that he (Pirlo) is often present at Stamford Bridge in a number of events this year. He is the one preferred by Antonio Conte. He trained at Juventus until the age of 34 years. Pirlo is the priority he wants to bring to replace Holland, "said Wilkins.

Conte and Pirlo itself does have a very good relationship. The 37-year-old player who is currently grazing in New York City that has ever visited Cobham Training Center, training camp belonged to the Blues, in order to meet Conte in December 2016 ago. In addition, Pirlo also witnessed the match Chelsea against west Brom at Stamford Bridge. When he sits adjacent to the Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich.

Pirlo when watching the game contra WBA Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

"Andrea came here just for a visit, given that he still has a contract one season in America. He enjoyed his career there, "said Conte commented on the visit Pirlo was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail.

"I was pleased with his visit because Andrea was my player at Juventus for three years and we won the title together. I remember him as a great player in that period. We have a very good relationship, "he added.

While some time ago, Pirlo also helped to comment on the performance of Conte with Chelsea. According to him, he was not too surprised with great achievement was achieved by The Blue in this season considering they have a manager that genius inside of Conte.

"Conte, in my opinion, he is the best coach because he's a genius. He worked every day, each time for football, for the team, think about every little thing and what happens on the pitch, making the players played well. At Juventus, I shared this coach three years. We won the league, but every day of training even harder. Probably the same with Chelsea, "said Pirlo at Omnisport.

Interesting to wait, it would be what would happen if both the performance of Chelsea this genius be shoulder to shoulder with the case mix strategy