No- job Conte is now a headache for Chelsea

Antonio Conte’s failure to agree terms with Real Madrid could cost Chelsea more than 7-million Pounds as the club’s former coach continues to pursue them for damages after his sacking.

The Italian had been negotiating with Real to replace Julen Lopetegui, but talks broke down with the Spanish club appointing Santiago Solari as interim head coach.

Chelsea had hoped that Conte would end up at the Bernabéu as returning to employment would mitigate the club’s financial obligations to him in a dispute that remains in the hands of their lawyers. Under the terms of his last contract, signed in July 2017, Conte is entitled to receive his 9.5-million Pound salary for a year, or until he takes another job.

So it was in Chelsea’s interests for him to join Real.