Antonio Conte has described the sort of next job he wants, and it points toward a club with trophies, pressure and a problem to solve. The former Juventus boss said he would like to work at a side that has lost sight of its history, a line that keeps Manchester United and Juventus in the frame without confirming anything more.

Conte left Napoli last summer after a two-year spell in which he won one Scudetto and one Supercoppa Italiana. He has been linked with Juventus and Manchester United, but his latest comments are about the profile of the job rather than a move being done.

The history Conte wants to revive

"If you go to a club where the history speaks for itself, a history made up of trophies, league titles and victories, you can only honour that history in one way: by having the ambition to bring that club back, if it isn’t there today, to fight for those goals," Conte said.

He added: "There are many clubs that have somewhat lost sight of their history. I’d like to go to one of these clubs to dust off that history and make it shine once more."

The message is clear enough. Conte is talking about pressure clubs, not quiet rebuilds, and he wants one where competing for trophies is the standard rather than the selling point.

Why Juventus and Manchester United fit that description

Juventus and United both match that description in different ways. Conte previously coached Juventus from 2011 to 2014, winning three consecutive Serie A titles, and he also knows English football from spells at Chelsea and Tottenham, where he won the Premier League title and the FA Cup with Chelsea.

The current context at both clubs helps explain why their names keep surfacing. Manchester United's 5 points from their first five Premier League matches leave them 12th, while Juventus have 10 points from five Serie A matches and sit 7th.

Benjamin Šeško is part of the wider United reporting, too. TEAMtalk say the club want to keep Benjamin Šeško, while other reports have Juventus monitoring him. Conte's comments do not confirm any of that movement, but they do show why the same clubs keep getting mentioned whenever his future is discussed.

His next job is still open, and the destinations that fit his own description are already obvious. If he does return to club management soon, the fit will be judged against those pressure points, and the names most likely to stay attached are Juventus and Manchester United.

Written by Daniel Hartley with AI-assisted research, cross-checked against 5 outlets. How we work →