Tottenham boss Antonio Conte became the talk of the town after spearheading his side to a thrilling 2-3 win against defending champions and table-toppers Manchester City recently. However, the Italian has also been in the news after shutting down speculations of a rift between him and Spurs chairman Daniel Levy.
The tactician believes that people are trying to manufacture a rift between him and Levy and that the real relationship will not be tainted by those efforts. These comments arrived in the light of Conte expressing his displeasure with Levy’s policy during the recent January transfer window where Spurs missed a lost opportunity.
In a recent interview with Sky Sports Italia, Conte suggested that the Tottenham’s squad was ‘on paper, weakened’ after Levy secured the services of Juventus duo Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur and allowed the likes of Tanguy Ndombele, Bryan Gil, Dele Alli and Giovanni Lo Celso to leave the side.
He also mentioned that while it’s good that the club is trying to focus on investing into younger players, it will take some time before that policy pays off.
Also read 👉 We may have weakened: Conte slams Spurs transfer policy
Apparently, the interview didn’t go down too well with Tottenham and Conte has been asked to lessen his interactions with Italian media. On Friday, the Italian manager tried to ease the relationship.
“I don’t understand why someone wants to try to create a problem with me. I read stories in the past about this club and it creates a problem with the coach and the chairman and the club. The chairman knows very well my thoughts. If I have to speak with him, I go to speak with him,”
said Conte during the media interaction.
This is not the first time that Conte has landed in hot water because of his outspoken views in the media. He had also been sacked by Chelsea in 2018 despite winning the Premier League title and FA Cup with them.
While sources continue to suggest that it could also be his fate at Tottenham, Conte further shed light on what he made of the club’s business during the winter transfer window.
“During the interview after the transfer window, after January ended, they asked me about the club, if I was happy, and I said the club did the best that the club could do.
“If I had 20 players and now I have 18 players numerically, you can be a bit weaker. Numerically,”
said the 52-year-old.
