Chelsea Coach, Antonio Conte has been named the winner of the League Manager Association (LMA) Award at the Sunday's Premier League title festivities at Stanford Bridge. The LMA Award is voted by the entire LMA membership, past and present. With this award, Conte has become the first Chelsea Manager to win it.
The Chelsea gaffer was also named the Barclay Premier League Manager of the season, defeating rivals such as Tottenham Coach, Pochettino. Speaking after receiving the awards from Sir Alex Ferguson and Gareth Southgate, the Chelsea boss said "thank you very much. It is incredible. It is my first season here in England and I want to say thanks to all the people that voted for me. It is great to receive this award. It is fantastic to have this trophy and stay with these managers. It is a great achievement and I hope to continue in the best way".
Meanwhile, Conte has maintained that the season is yet to be over as his team prepares to face Arsenal in the FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday. According to him ''The season is not finished and on Saturday we have another important target against Arsenal. We want to try to win the Double but for sure Arsenal will want to win this trophy. Then we start to prepare for next season and try to do better.''
