Italian coach Antonio Conte has been appointed as the new manager of Chelsea Football Club.
The 46-year-old has been given a three year, £20 million contract and will takeover after Euro 2016, which finishes on July 10.
“I am very excited about the prospect of working at Chelsea Football Club. I am proud to be the coach of the national team of my country and only a role as attractive as manager of Chelsea could follow that,” Conte said in a statement on the club's website.
“I am happy we have made the announcement now so everything is clear and we can end the speculation. I will continue to focus on my job with the Italian national team and will reserve speaking about Chelsea again until after the Euros.” Chelsea's fortunes have stabilised under Hiddink who took over with the 2014-2015 champions mired in 16th place having won only four of their opening 16 league matches."
Conte coached Juventus to three consecutive Serie A titles from 2012 to 2014, before becoming coach of the Italian national side and he played over 400 matches for the bianco neri.
