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Antonio Conte won't be tempted to leave Chelsea for the AC Milan job, ex-Inter Milan chairman Massimo Moratti has said.

Since arriving in English football last summer, the Italian has constantly been linked with a return home and added more fuel to that fire by previously admitting that he intends to do so at some point.

Whilst the timescale on when he plans on returning to Italy remains unclear, that hasn't stopped rumours of Conte being touted for a second spell in charge of the national side following their failure to reach the 2018 World Cup as well as taking the reins at the San Siro after Vincenzo Montella's depature last month.

Milan legend Gennaro Gattuso has been placed in charge of the first-team until the end of the season at the very least and Moratti believes Conte is too intelligent to consider becoming Rossoneri manager in the future.

"He is a great manager, the only difference with [Luciano] Spalletti is that Spalletti has yet to win a Serie A title, Conte has already won league titles in Italy and in England," Moratti told Gazzetta dello Sport.

"If he’d joined Inter and failed it would have been Inter’s fault.

"A move to AC Milan? No, I don’t think so, he is a smart guy."

Conte experienced great success in his debut season in England as he won the Premier League title and guided the west London outfit to the final of the FA Cup.

However, he has found the task of defending the title a little more difficult this term. His side made an unconvincing start to the campaign which has left them 11 points behind Manchester City at the top of the table, although they are into the last-16 of the Champions League and face Bournemouth in the Carabao Cup quarter-final later this month.