When Conte could coach Ronaldo at Juventus

Antonio Conte had a chance to return to Juventus in 2019 when Cristiano Ronaldo was still part of the team, but Andrea Agnelli vetoed his appointment after sacking Massimiliano Allegri.

The Italian tactician left Juventus one day into the 2014-15 preseason, burning bridges with President Agnelli, who refused to re-hire the ex-midfielder five years later.

Conte was in talks with Inter at that time but had a chance to return to Juventus after the sacking of Allegri, strongly wanted by Fabio Paratici and Pavel Nedved but not so much by Agnelli.

However, the club president decided against re-hiring the Italian tactician, opting to get Maurizio Sarri from Chelsea.

The Tuscan tactician was sacked after just one season, but he was the last coach to win a Scudetto in the black-and-white side of Turin.

Sarri was not on good terms with Agnelli and part of the team, so he was sacked regardless of the team’s results and replaced by the debutant Andrea Pirlo.

Conte and Cristiano Ronaldo will meet tonight in a Premier League clash between Tottenham and Manchester United.

The ex-Juventus forward was praised by Conte earlier this week. CR7 scored a brace against Tottenham in their last meeting in 2021-22, prompting Conte to claim that his Spurs side “lost against Ronaldo, not Manchester United.”