Chelsea manager Antonio Conte shaves off beard after daughter says he's 'looking older'

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has ditched his beard after his daughter told him he was "looking older".

Conte was first seen sporting stubble ahead of Saturday's 4-0 win over West Brom and vowed to keep it if the Blues kept up a winning habit.

"I hope at the end of the season to finish with a big beard," he told reporters last Friday.

But Conte appeared fresh faced after shaving the beard he grew during the international break, having valued the opinions of his daughter Vittoria over those of his wife Elisabetta, who had encouraged him to grow it.

He added: "I wanted to try a new look, but yesterday my daughter killed me. She said to me 'Daddy, your look is older with the beard'.

"My daughter is more important than my wife."