{"id":6249,"date":"2026-04-12T20:18:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/6249\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T20:18:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:18:42","slug":"conte-eager-to-clarify-italy-position-dont-twist-my-words-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/6249\/","title":{"rendered":"Conte eager to clarify Italy position: \u2018Don\u2019t twist my words\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Antonio Conte has clarified his position on a potential return to the Italy job, reiterating he has \u2018another year on my contract with Napoli.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The coach was mentioned as one of the primary candidates to take over the Nazionale after Gennaro Gattuso resigned, having failed to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/conte-figc-president-consider-me-for-italy-job\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Conte had said he would put himself on the list;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Conte had said he would put himself on the list&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Conte had said he would put himself on the list<\/a> to be the new Azzurri boss, if he was in the position of the Federation President.<\/p>\n<p>However, he reacted angrily today when told he had given his availability to the FIGC.<\/p>\n<p>Conte open to Italy, but also to Napoli<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/a01fca340bd8f94e32bc07288b8fcdd6.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>PARMA, ITALY \u2013 APRIL 12: Antonio Conte, head coach of Napoli SSC reacts during the Serie A match between Parma Calcio 1913 and SSC Napoli at Stadio Ennio Tardini on April 12, 2026 in Parma, Italy. (Photo by Emmanuele Ciancaglini\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not say I was available for anything,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gianlucadimarzio.com\/news-calcio\/napoli-conte-sulla-nazionale-io-non-ho-dato-alcuna-disponibilita-491173\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:insisted Conte on Rai Radio 1.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;insisted Conte on Rai Radio 1.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">insisted Conte on Rai Radio 1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have another year on my contract with Napoli, then at the end of the season I will speak to the President. I would urge you to interpret my words correctly, because if they are going to be twisted, then I won\u2019t speak at all anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The 56-year-old had already been on the Italy bench from 2014 to 2016, where he oversaw 14 victories, six draws and five defeats.<\/p>\n<p>He walked away after they lost on penalties to Germany in the EURO 2016 quarter-finals, returning to club football for Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/98f958c914d446c01388a3f93068df08.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>VERONA, ITALY \u2013 FEBRUARY 28: Antonio Conte head coach of SSC Napoli during the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and SSC Napoli at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on February 28, 2026 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Since then, he has worked at Inter, Tottenham and since 2024 at Napoli.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Antonio Conte has clarified his position on a potential return to the Italy job, reiterating he has \u2018another&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[97,155,2165,143,39,3411,44,5,117,553,2890,4666,3410],"class_list":{"0":"post-6249","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-italy","8":"tag-2026-world-cup","9":"tag-chelsea","10":"tag-conte","11":"tag-gennaro-gattuso","12":"tag-germany","13":"tag-hellas-verona-fc","14":"tag-inter","15":"tag-italy","16":"tag-napoli","17":"tag-parma","18":"tag-parma-calcio","19":"tag-position","20":"tag-verona"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}