CHELSEA manager Antonio Conte is Italy’s top choice as national coach, Italian federation vice commissioner Alessandro Costacurta said today.

“I haven’t chosen yet, but I think Conte is the one who could do the best,” Costacurta revealed. “I’ll definitely talk with him in a couple of months.”

Conte, whose future at Chelsea remains uncertain, already coached Italy to the quarter-finals of the 2016 European Championship before joining the London club.