Report: Conte eyes Chelsea coach change to appease Courtois

After winding down his commitments with Italy's national team at Euro 2016, Antonio Conte apparently wants goalkeeping coach Gianluca Spinelli to follow him to Chelsea.

While the familiarity between the pair has made their partnership seem likely to continue in London, the Guardian's Dominic Fifield understands it's a move that will please incumbent No. 1 Thibaut Courtois.

The Belgian shot stopper was reportedly disenchanted at training regimes set by current goalkeeping coach Christophe Lollichon, and with Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain allegedly sniffing around Courtois it appears Chelsea is making efforts to keep him for at least another season. A coaching change may do just that.

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In addition to his discordant relations with Lollichon - something that has been aired to Conte on numerous occasions - Courtois will also be concerned about a 2016-17 that will have no continental commitments after the Blues limped to a 10th-placed finish in the Premier League last season. Real Madrid and PSG can both offer Champions League football next term.

Should Lollichon end a nine-year association with Chelsea, there is speculation that he could reunite with Petr Cech at Arsenal. The French coach worked well with the four-time Golden Glove winner at Cobham Training Centre, and this could be rehashed across London.

There could be wholesale changes to the net-minding staff under Conte. Steve Mandanda, who was recently released by Marseille, is being sighted as a replacement for second-choice Asmir Begovic, according to the Guardian.