Antonio Conte has said he is content at Tottenham but has issued a stern warning that if he can’t accept the club’s lack of immediate chances of winning the Premier League or Champions League, he will have to leave.
Conte’s contract ends at the end of the current campaign, and his performances and results since the World Cup have raised further concerns about whether he will continue after that point. On Boxing Day, a lacklustre 2-2 draw at Brentford.
Then it was followed by a tepid 2-0 loss at home to Aston Villa, which caused loud rage from the fans and the head coach to appeal for reality regarding expectations given the tools at his disposal. He even went so far as to call the top-four finish from the previous season a “miracle.”
Conte then stated, “I signed a contract in November [2021] and found the club in a difficult position for many reasons. Now my task – I understood it very well – is to help the club go in the right direction about the choices of the players, about the work, to organise and to create a foundation.
“This is my big challenge here. If I want to stay here, then I have to accept this. Otherwise, if I don’t want to accept this, then I have to go.”
Fans viewpoint on Conte
The job Antonio Conte did last season was phenomenal. No doubting that at all.
This season’s been dreadful. Awful football, over-reliance on Kulusevski, failure to adapt to thick-and-fast schedule.
Spurs should need convincing Conte’s the right fit and not just vice versa.
— Sean Walsh (@SeanDZWalsh) January 1, 2023
Fans know that Conte has potential, but they still insist that this season’s Tottenham has been “dreadful” under his leadership. Questions are rising that should the club measure up to his standards or should it be vice versa?
However, according to Conte’s past of winning the Premier League, fans are stating that he does have the upperhand. Furthermore, remarks of Tottenham of not winning any major trophies in the last decade has also been brought up.
According to sources, Tottenham’s last trophy was won in 2008. The trophy was the Football League Cup. However, in the 20th century, Tottenham has won a number of trophies and was regarded as a solid English football club.
Others are stating that clubs with worse players are currently playing better than Tottenham. This is a subject to be debated but this is how some Tottenham fans think. Furthermore, some fans are insisting that Conte is not the problem as Tottenham has had multiple managers that did not help them win.
Suggestions for Conte to get more “established” players instead of the upcoming ones are also quite prominent. Opinions on his departure are that he shouldn’t leave as there will definitely be difficulties in replacing him.
Remember how Chelsea was doing when they had Thomas Tuchel? Look at them now after their manager is gone. There are whispers of them giving a hard push for Graham Potter to live up to Tuchel’s standards or he would also have to depart the team.
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