Chelsea football club have finally let go of their 2 season manager, Antonio Conte. The Italian was told he's no longer needed at stamford bridge.
Conte had been involved in some pre-season preparations, but his position as manager was always in doubt; it was just a matter of time before the management at chelsea let the cat out of the bag.
Winning the premier league in his first spell as coach, he fell out with the top brass after the first season with his handling of the Diego Costa issue and also subsequent failures at not defending the premier league trophy, failure to perform well at the champions league and failure to qualify for europe premier competition.
Chelsea has equally lined up another italian, 59-year-old former Empoli coach Maurizzio Sarri as his replacement.
Talks with Napoli intensified after they hired Carlo Ancelotti as their own new boss with the significant breakthrough over compensation for Sarri coming as negotiations intensified over midfielder Jorginho, a player that the 59-year-old former Empoli coach had specifically requested be signed by the Chelsea top brass.
Manchester City have had an offer on the table for quite some time that Jorginho had been considering but the opportunity to continue to play under Sarri, albeit in the new surroundings of English football, was understood to be a key factor and the Italian international is now expected to make a £53m move to Stamford Bridge.
Conte had refused to walk away unless the final year of his three-year contract was paid up in full and even returned to take pre-season training which began on Monday.
But a compensation agreement was finally reached on Thursday with Sarri set to be announced as his replacement shortly.
Sarri will be joined by former Blues striker and club legend Gianfranco Zola who is set to join as part of a new-look backroom team.