ROME: Antonio Conte’s lawyer has said that an Italian prosecutor wants a six-month suspended prison sentence and an €8,000 fine over Italy coach’s alleged role in a match-fixing case.

Earlier this week Chelsea and Conte confirmed that he will be taking over the west London club next season.

He has denied a change of “sporting fraud” in Cremona where prosecutor Roberto Di Martino submitted his recommendation. Conte did not attend the hearing.

The case relates to the 2010-2011 season during his managerial tenure at Italian club Siena.

The match under investigation was Siena’s 1-0 victory at Albinoleffe in May 2011. Siena’s 2-2 draw at Novara, was under the scrutiny too, however this was dropped from the inquiry.

Conte’s lawyer Leonardo Cammarata told Reuters: “Antonio Conte denies any wrongdoing and any knowledge of an attempt at match-fixing.”

According to Cammarata, the defence will make a final statement at the start of next week with a verdict due in mid-May.

Conte was banned for four matches (which was reduced from 10 games) during the 2012-2013 season for failing to report the alleged match-fixing in the two games when he was coach of Siena.

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