{"id":563064,"date":"2020-08-21T18:35:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T22:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=563064"},"modified":"2020-08-21T19:05:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T23:05:46","slug":"report-antonio-conte-may-quit-inter-milan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/08\/21\/report-antonio-conte-may-quit-inter-milan\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Antonio Conte May Quit Inter Milan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/6d3e0d09\/Antonio-Conte?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Antonio Conte<\/a> has said he does not know if he will stay on as Inter Milan manager beyond the end of this season, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1296934873496780802?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/chelsea\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea<\/a> boss cast doubt over his future following Inter\u2019s Europa League final defeat to Spanish club Sevilla. That result means the Italian side\u2019s wait for a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/08\/17\/inter-desperate-for-europa-league-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first trophy since 2011<\/a> goes on.<\/p>\n<h2>Antonio Conte May Quit Inter Milan Following Europa League Final Defeat<\/h2>\n<h3>Inter Chiefs to Meet Next Week<\/h3>\n<p>On the face of it, Inter\u2019s hierarchy will surely want Conte to remain in charge. The 51-year-old led his side to second in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/serie-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Serie A<\/a> table this season. The <em>Nerazzurri<\/em> finished only a point behind champions Juventus.<\/p>\n<p>After falling narrowly short in the league, Inter also came agonizingly close to ending their nine-year wait for major silverware by securing success in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Conte\u2019s side dropped from their Champions League group into the Europa League, and made it all the way to the final of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>However, Europa League specialists Sevilla <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/sevilla-vs-inter\/report\/426076\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">overcame the Italians 3-2<\/a> in a gripping final staged in Germany, and Conte revealed his future doubts immediately after the fixture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to meet next week with the club and we\u2019ll decide about my future,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1296928553645285376\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said the ex-Italy manager<\/a> after the final whistle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure that I\u2019ll be the Inter manager next season; we\u2019ll decide together. Inter will plan the future with or without me,\u201d Conte added.<\/p>\n<h3>Sevilla Get Their Trophy Back<\/h3>\n<p>Inter and Conte\u2019s pain is Sevilla\u2019s joy after an unforgettable European final in Cologne.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish outfit came from behind to win a record sixth Europa League trophy. <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/84958d4b\/Julen-Lopetegui?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julen Lopetegui<\/a>\u2019s side mapped their way to the final by overcoming Premier League teams <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/wolves-club-analysis-news-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wolves<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United<\/a> in previous rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Victory over Inter gave former Spain and Real Madrid boss Lopetegui the first piece of silverware in his managerial career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a magnificent club\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/53815528\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said the Sevilla manager<\/a>. \u201cI hope all the fans can celebrate [the trophy] but with caution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis squad are great. They believe in it, what they work on and what they transmit. Even if we hadn\u2019t won I\u2019d still love these guys, but today we take home the prize. We always believed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"oHzmWB09SqBFJOH3jLBnGw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1267572778\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'oHzmWB09SqBFJOH3jLBnGw',sig:'cOJDgDFNmaomG6kN8G0OGZ8maFVVjrsVERfFFvb93EQ=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1267572778',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antonio Conte has said he does not know if he will stay on as Inter Milan manager beyond the end of this season, according to Fabrizio Romano. The former Chelsea boss cast doubt over his future following Inter\u2019s Europa League final defeat to Spanish club Sevilla. That result means the Italian side\u2019s wait for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3563,"featured_media":563071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,378,30],"tags":[112,92,674,2411,366,136],"class_list":["post-563064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-serie-a","category-champions-league","category-news","tag-antonio-conte","tag-europa-league","tag-inter-milan","tag-julen-lopetegui","tag-sevilla","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3563"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}