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Conte: Nothing wrong with Giovinco Toronto FC move

Italy coach Antonio Conte isn't surprised by Sebastian Giovinco's move to Toronto FC.

Giovinco will leave Juventus at the end of the season.

Conte commented: "What else should he have done? In a few years' time players will be elbowing each other out of the way to go there. The MLS will grow a great deal and not just in terms of chatter.

"I know Giovinco well and he's not going there just to earn money. It's a great opportunity, one as a player I would've grabbed. I missed out on an overseas job, as that would've been a formative experience.

"It's true that players can be at a bit of a disadvantage for the Nazionale when playing so far away, such as Diamanti and Gilardino in China, but I always keep an eye out anyway."

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