Antonio Conte has quit as coach of Juventus just a day after the squad reconvened for pre-season training.<\/p>\n
Conte, who had a year remaining on his contract, led the Turin club to the Serie A in each of the past three years.<\/p>\n
But the 44-year-old said he felt it “may be more difficult to keep winning with Juventus” in the future.<\/p>\n
“I have matured with time and my feelings led me to make this choice,” he added.<\/p>\n
Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli said the news of Conte’s departure, which was announced on the club’s website,\u00a0 “saddens me greatly”.<\/p>\n
Conte is a former Italy international who made over 500 appearances for Juventus in his playing days, winning five league titles.<\/p>\n
He returned to Juve as coach in 2011 and went on to preside over one of the most successful periods in the club’s history.<\/p>\n
He won Serie A at the first attempt with his side going unbeaten throughout the season. A second title followed but the summer of 2013 saw him embroiled in a corruption row after he was charged with failing to report attempted match-fixing during his time as coach of Siena.<\/p>\n
Conte pleaded his innocence but was banned for 10 months – a sentence reduced to a four-month touchline suspension last August.<\/p>\n
He returned to the dugout midway through last season to lead Juve to another title.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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