As the current manager, Antonio Conte is turning a lot of heads. His arrival was met with some apprehension. In his first management gig for Serie B Arrezo, Conte got sacked only three months for lackluster results. Later he took a position at Juventus and although he went on lead the club from Serie B to Serie A and eventually to a Coppa Italia victory, he eventually resigned on very bad terms with the Juventus hierarchy.
There are brilliant individuals that know how to get along with others, and there are brilliant individuals with abrasively "strong" personalities. Clearly Conte is the latter.
Nonetheless, it looks like Conte is getting Chelsea into right good shape. Recently, he lead the team into a 4-0 victory against Manchester United—the same team that former Chelsea Manager Jose Mourinho is currently helming. Ouch.
With all of the recent buzz around Conte, and given the latest Mourinho/Conte clash, I thought it would be fitting to look back at some of the greatest managers of Chelsea FC—4 to be exact.
Carlo Ancelotti
- via chelseafc.com
After the departure of Guus Hiddink in 2009, Carlo Ancelotti arrived needing to fill some very big shoes. In his first season at Chelsea, Ancelotti managed to win the FA Cup for the club's first ever Double-winning season....
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