Conte, who took charge at Chelsea in the summer, said it was ‘fantastic’ to see a manager last so long at a club as Wenger approaches 20 years at Arsenal. While Wenger’s old foe Jose Mourinho is the subject of a new biography serialised in the Daily Mail which details alleged conversations with a football journalist.

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One angry exchange surrounding Wenger reportedly ended with Mourinho saying: "I will find him one day outside a football pitch and I will break his face." But Conte has refused to comment on the bitter rivalry - as did Wenger when questioned earlier today - and instead opted to compliment the Frenchman on his lengthy spell at the north London club. “I think that Arsenal have a good story. It’s an important team,” Conte said. “I don’t want to go into a situation of Wenger or Mourinho.

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