Chelsea have announced the appointment of Antonio Conte as their new head coach.

Conte, who is currently in charge of the Italy national team, will assure the role at Stamford Bridge following the Azzurri's Euro 2016 campaign in France this summer.




He has put pen to paper on a three-year deal with the Blues, which will keep him in charge of the club until the summer of 2019.

Conte is delighted to be taking on the job of resurrecting Chelsea and told the club's official site: "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.
 


"I am looking forward to meeting everyone at the club and the day-to-day challenge of competing in the Premier League", the Italian continued.

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"Chelsea and English football are watched wherever you go, the fans are passionate and my ambition is to have more success to follow the victories I enjoyed in Italy."

However, while the announcement Conte will be taking over at Chelsea has been made ahead of time, the Italian will not comment on his impending job until his role with Italy has ended.

"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."

Conte becomes the fifth Italian to manage Chelsea, following in the footsteps of Gianluca Vialli, Claudio Ranieri, Carlo Ancelotti and Roberto Di Matteo.

He led Juventus to three consecutive Serie A titles prior to taking over the Italy team.