The Italian manager questioned his future as Tottenham manager after seeing his team lose 1-0 at relegation-threatened Burnley on Wednesday.
Conte was reportedly unhappy about the club’s decision to sell players in this coming transfer window because of financial constraints.
Antonio Conte, a lifelong Juventus fan and former coach and player, could wrest the Serie A title from the nine-time defending Italian champions and bring it to Inter Milan.
He set up Inter’s equaliser in its 4-3 win over Fiorentina shortly after coming off the bench and did even better on his full debut on Wednesday, a 5-2 victory at Benevento.
Pirlo wants his players to have the same spirit and desire as the Juventus team he played in under Antonio Conte.
Conte said he needed time to reflect after the 3-2 loss in the final left his Inter team the runner-up for the second time this season after finishing a point behind Juventus in Serie A.
Conte played down such talks linking Messi with a possible move to Inter in the near future.
Inter Milan are currently at the third position in the Serie A table, being a point behind the second-placed Atalanta and seven points behind leaders Juventus.
Conte said if the team wants to lift trophies, they need to be more ruthless in their approach.
Antonio Conte and Maurizio Sarri — both former Chelsea managers — have returned to their home country, with the former taking over from Luciano Spalletti at Inter Milan and the latter replacing Massimiliano Allegri at Juventus.
Romelu Lukaku completed a move from Manchester United on Thursday for a reported 65 million euros ($73 million) plus up to 13 million euros ($15 million) in bonuses.
While details were not disclosed, the former Juventus coach reportedly signed a three-year contract with Inter.
The Serie A club parted ways with Luciano Spalletti, and ex-Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is expected to take over the vacant post.
Conte has been out of a job since June 2018 when he was fired from Chelsea, and the former Juventus and Italy coach is seen as the perfect man to rejuvenate the squad.
Sarri's Napoli was a team that attacked relentlessly with free-flowing ball movement and constant running, just like City under Guardiola.
Speculations arose when Napoli's former coach Maurizio Sarri was being looked upon as Conte's replacement after Chelsea failed to qualify for the Champions League spot.
It will be a tough task for Real Madrid to find Zinedine Zidane's replacement as they need a manager who can match up to the Frenchman's aura and class.
The 58-year-old Ancelotti, who was sacked by Bayern Munich in September, has won league titles in four different countries — Italy, England, France and Germany.
Eden Hazard scored a penalty in the first half to give Chelsea the lead and the winner as Conte pulled off a Mourinho by 'parking the bus' and won the FA Cup after a lacklustre season.
The victory kept alive fifth-place Chelsea's slim hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League as the gap between Spurs and the Blues is seven points.
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