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So true.
Taken from the Allegri's thread:
I've been thinking about the whole thing and that's exactly what I've come into. I didn't buy the 'he lacked motivation/wanted the NT job' thing. To me it's clear as day he reacted impulsively when he found out we lost out on Iturbe and he's fallen out with the board. He said he's leaving and then there was no turning back from this decision. Iturbe wasn't that important but he was the icing on the cake it seems. It could have been Morata or Jovetic as well. Conte probably felt he's not going to win his fight with the board and decided to give up.
The problem for the board was Conte's role grew with time so they couldn't control it anymore. He bitched about everything to the press as this was his only weapon to put some pressure on the board. I'm sure Conte's personal objective was to take a managerial role in the club like in EPL so he could be our 'Sir Alex'. Agnelli never wanted to allow that to happen it seems.
In the end those who put the blame on both sides were right. My opinion on this is: Conte was selfish to leave the fans and his players like this even though I understand he was pushing for the good of the team.
Tbh I don't understand Agnelli here. He always gives EPL as an example to follow but he's so reluctant to make Conte the manager. IMO Conte has done very good and he deserved to have managerial power in transfers as he's the coach and not the board. Agnelli should give him the budget and let him sign his targets with it, allowing for sales to rise the club's budget if he felt he needed to.
Agnelli calls for changes in Italian football but he's reluctant to make them in his own backyard? I think it was a mistake to let Conte go because we won't get a coach as good anytime soon who had such a strong backing from his players and fans. I'm pessimistic about the direction we've just taken. I'd much more rather Conte to become the manager and let him pull the strings within the budget. Only time will tell if AA was right with his choice though.
I've been thinking about the whole thing and that's exactly what I've come into. I didn't buy the 'he lacked motivation/wanted the NT job' thing. To me it's clear as day he reacted impulsively when he found out we lost out on Iturbe and he's fallen out with the board. He said he's leaving and then there was no turning back from this decision. Iturbe wasn't that important but he was the icing on the cake it seems. It could have been Morata or Jovetic as well. Conte probably felt he's not going to win his fight with the board and decided to give up.
The problem for the board was Conte's role grew with time so they couldn't control it anymore. He bitched about everything to the press as this was his only weapon to put some pressure on the board. I'm sure Conte's personal objective was to take a managerial role in the club like in EPL so he could be our 'Sir Alex'. Agnelli never wanted to allow that to happen it seems.
In the end those who put the blame on both sides were right. My opinion on this is: Conte was selfish to leave the fans and his players like this even though I understand he was pushing for the good of the team.
Tbh I don't understand Agnelli here. He always gives EPL as an example to follow but he's so reluctant to make Conte the manager. IMO Conte has done very good and he deserved to have managerial power in transfers as he's the coach and not the board. Agnelli should give him the budget and let him sign his targets with it, allowing for sales to rise the club's budget if he felt he needed to.
Agnelli calls for changes in Italian football but he's reluctant to make them in his own backyard? I think it was a mistake to let Conte go because we won't get a coach as good anytime soon who had such a strong backing from his players and fans. I'm pessimistic about the direction we've just taken. I'd much more rather Conte to become the manager and let him pull the strings within the budget. Only time will tell if AA was right with his choice though.