Chelsea boss Antonio Conte jokes he can't afford wife's birthday present after £8,000 FA charge

Simon Johnson1 December 2017

Antonio Conte has joked he can no longer afford a birthday present for his wife Elisabetta after agreeing to pay an £8,000 fine to the Football Association.

The Chelsea coach was given the punishment by the governing body after being sent off against Swansea on Wednesday night.

Conte is not contesting the decision and the £8,000 will be coming out of his own account rather than the club's.

He said: "My wife is angry. It is her birthday in two days and I said for this reason I will not buy a gift!"

Conte was sent to the stands by referee Neil Swarbrick after shouting angrily at fourth official Lee Mason.

He was frustrated that Swansea weren't being penalised for time wasting, but Conte also got into trouble with Elisabetta for his behaviour.

In Pictures | Chelsea vs Swansea | 29/11/2017

1/28

Conte added: "My wife was at the game, so it was very difficult! She was there with my daughter. I tried to tell her (what happened), but no, no. It is very difficult to mask this situation!"

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in

MORE ABOUT