Chelsea offer big reward for domestic double

Chelsea players will receive a bonus if they win the Premier League and the FA Cup this season.

Coach Antonio Conte confirmed this in a press conference before the match against Middlesbrough. Chelsea are now two wins away from the Premier League title and have a chance to win the FA Cup if they beat Arsenal in the final.

"The first thing I want to say is that winning the championship with Chelsea is the most important thing. Gifts, rewards or the rest are not important," Conte shared. "For me, achieving the goals in work is the important thing. I do not expect to be rewarded with a luxury car. Of course, in the contract signed with the club, the player and coach will be rewarded if they win the championship. This bonus can be big, can be normal or can be small. It depends on the difficulty of the goal."

Conte does not place too much importance on bonuses as he and Chelsea move closer to their goal of winning a domestic double this season. Photo: Reuters.

Conte could become the fourth Italian manager to win the Premier League, after Carlo Ancelotti, Roberto Mancini and Claudio Ranieri. Three Italian managers have won the Premier League, while the last English manager to do so was Howard Wilkinson in 1992. However, Conte does not think that English managers are inferior to their Italian counterparts.

"Last season I supported Ranieri to win the title and in Italy we celebrated it very much. He deserved it for such a career," Conte said. "I am proud of the success of Italians, but it doesn't matter which country they come from. There are many successful foreign coaches in England, but there are also talented local coaches."

Chelsea officially won the right to return to the Champions League after a year of absence. Conte commented that participating in the Champions League is not easy in England when there are up to six strong clubs always competing with each other.

According to VNE