Sky Sports News understands Antonio Conte has ruled himself out of the Real Madrid job because he feels the project wasn’t right for him.
The Italian was linked with the role after the sacking of Julen Lopetegui following Real's 5-1 thrashing at the hands of Barcelona at the weekend.
Conte left Chelsea in July and has now decided to extend his break from football until the summer.
However, he could be tempted into management mid-season, but only if the project was right.
As Sky Sports News reported last week, Conte's contractual obligations with Chelsea only apply to managing a club in England this season and therefore he is free to join a club abroad.
Santiago Solari has been placed in temporary charge of Real and will be in the dugout when they travel to face third-tier Melilla in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday evening.
Spanish league rules mean the 42-year-old Solari can only manage on an interim basis for two weeks, at which point Real must appoint a permanent successor to Lopetegui.
SINGAM23
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Feel it as a Fan of Real Madrid [bondage]
venish40
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may be because of this
bawklrsuz
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Madrid would start to be like Man Utd when Alex Ferguson left.... now it'd be difficult for them to rise up back
Lucky84
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Real Madrid is sinking ship, their problems are:- 1) the club is focused on renovation instead of buying players. 2) they allowed a world class player to go without buying a player on the same level. Benzema is useless to the club. 3) The President of the club calls the shots and that is detrimental to the club, coaches must be allowed to make their choices in collaboration with their scouts. 4) some players must be let go e.g. Benzema and Bale must go!!!
Yewbkmny
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Those saying Conte is scared are not being perspective enough.The problem Conte has is the length of the contract offered him.He wants 2 and half years so he can implement his football and buy his players.Real on the other hand do not see Conte as a long time pioneer they are just looking for someone who can come in and steady the ship from sinking and Conte has proven to be very good at that but is not ready to risk his illustrious career filled with lots of trophies.On the other hand That Hippo of a man Florentino is Madrid’s number 1 problem.His ego caused all this in the first place.Conte cannot deal with such man who does what he likes.He Conte is also known for trying to take over things and having his way.The war that could ensue would be worse than that of Jose and Paul.Better still he stays away from the Job
Munach
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Madrid is like an helicopter with some electrical problem no pilot want to fly along with them
zeoabilmyz
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Taking up Madrid job now looks like suicide mission, dangerous for one's health and reputation, Conte is a wise man like Zizou who walked out when the ovation was high , having seen the danger coming right after UCL triumph .
zusacpty
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you can't blame Conte for refusing the best club in the world ( Real Madrid ) they sit 9th position at the table and without a striker and don't think he will be able to create a miracle and the more Real Madrid flopps the more Conte is sinking and i don't think any coach will want that especially if he is sacked from Real Madrid I don't think such a coach will ever land a coaching job with great teams may be teams that have been promoted like what happened to Benitez and now Lopetegui i don't think he will ever land a coaching job in europe may be second division or he goes to the middle east
Labi693
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Even a jobless man doesn’t want Real Madrid? What’s happening? 😳
Jattfanmessida
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Yeah you're right you can't coach RMA because Your tactics and the football they're playing at Santiago Bernebeu don't match at all....They need a coach who also know their game and go by that style if you add your style in RMA it will be like You couldn't be Conte anymore and team couldn't be a Real Madrid team anymore....