Al-Ittihad prepared to offer hefty contract to Conte in warning for Italy

Al-Ittihad prepared to offer hefty contract to Conte in warning for Italy In a potentially worrying update for the Italy national team, Monday’s reports claim that Al-Ittihad are prepared to offer Antonio Conte a hefty salary in order to take over from Sergio Conceicao as head coach in the Saudi Pro League. Al-Ittihad circling over Conte, waiting for Italy decision Conte, along with former CT Roberto Mancini, are the leading candidates to take over from Gennaro Gattuso as head coach of the Italy national team following the departure of the former Milan midfielder along with Gianluigi Buffon and Gabriele Gravina back in early April. NAPLES, ITALY – FEBRUARY 15: Antonio Conte SSC Napoli head coach during the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and AS Roma at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on February 15, 2026 in Naples. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images) It is set to be a busy week for the Italy national team set-up and newly-elected FIGC President Giovanni Malago, who is set to make a series of crucial personnel decisions in the coming weeks. The new head of the Italian FA is seeking to appoint a new technical director of the national team – Paolo Maldini among the candidates – and will then move on to the appointment of a new head coach. However, according to Monday’s reports from the Corriere dello Sport , the Italy national team is not the only option that awaits Conte, who left his position with Napoli at the end of the 2025-26 season. Saudi Pro League side Al-Ittihad are reportedly willing to offer Conte a ‘dizzying’ salary to take over from short-lived Milan boss Conceicao as head coach. The Corriere dello Sport remains confident that Conte would still accept an offer from the Italy set-up if he is the no.1 candidate, but if an offer does not arrive, he will be left evaluating whether to take some time off or to accept a new and potentially extremely lucrative offer abroad.