Cristian Stellini, Antonio Conte’s deputy, expressed himself to TeleLombardia as follows about the Salento coach, also linked to Milan: “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”
Does Conte just want a team ready to win?
“I don’t think there are limits. They are labels put on and sometimes these things about Conte make us laugh. Conte is like everyone else, not someone who would only choose certain types of project. Lately Leao has left, associated with Inter, who was not taken in Conte’s time, but going back in time if you took Lukaku you didn’t take Leao. What was the best choice at that moment? At that moment the best choice was Lukaku, then we knew that he was an important prospect , but a coach chooses based on his needs. It’s ridiculous to have brought up this story.”
So do you still like Leao?
“I think everyone likes Leao a bit… Great players always like them. Conte’s story would lead one to say that Leao would take another step with Conte, because this has been the case for many players.”
