Antonio Conte took the opportunity to have a short beach holiday while the English Premier League broke for a weekend of international matches at the beginning of the 2017/18 season.
On 3 September 2017 he was photographed reading Football English by Tom Challenger on the beach in Italy.
The photos featured in this article in The Sun newspaper on 4 September.
Football English is for learners of English who want to learn vocabulary and phrases that will help them to talk about and read about football (soccer).