Conte not ready to join Chelsea’s boom-and-bust coaching carousel

Chelsea 1 Manchester United 0: If this was Antonio Conte’s final game in charge of Chelsea, then he at least enjoyed the kind of swansong any manager would want.

Indeed, by the time the Italian came to speak to the media on Saturday night, he had lifted the FA Cup at Wembley, got one over his rival Jose Mourinho, and been soaked in so much champagne that he had to apologise for his appearance to the assembled press. It was a day Conte will savour and look back on fondly, regardless of what happens with his future in the next few days.

Saturday’s FA Cup final may not have made particularly enjoyable viewing for the neutral, but it was a performance that reminded everyone how Chelsea romped to the Premier League title only a year ago.