At Tottenham, Antonio Conte no longer has the support of his locker room. This is according to the website of the English tabloid The Sun, stressing that a good part of his workforce would like the Spurs coach to be removed from the bench during the current international break. The violent criticism of his players issued by the Italian technician at the end of Tottenham-Southampton (3-3) on Saturday has obviously not been digested. Leading 3-1 at home against the bottom of the Premier League, Tottenham had been caught by conceding two goals in the last quarter of an hour.
“What I have seen for a few matches does not please me at all, said Antonio Conte. We don’t play like a real team, selfish attitudes taking precedence over the collective. My teams are used to being very stable. there, we are not making progress, and we are even regressing. Without a heart, without a fighting spirit, you’re going nowhere and you can lose to anyone.”.
More than elimination against AC Milan in the knockout stages of the Champions League (0-1, 0-0), Conte was thinking in particular of the reverse against Sheffield United in the round of 16 of the FA Cup, on March 1 (0-1). “The players must take their responsibilities and rediscover their desire to win. Otherwise, thinking about the Champions League is an illusion”added the former coach of Juventus Turin, Chelsea and Inter Milan, who arrived at Tottenham in November 2021.
A return of Pochettino?
Were these statements meant to be an electric shock for a club now fourth in the Premier League standings, and therefore in a position to qualify for the next C1, but which is only two points ahead of a fifth, Newcastle, having two matches to recover?
Unless Daniel Levy, the boss of Tottenham, decides to put an end in the next few days to the adventure with Spurs de Conte, whose rich contract of 17 M € per season expires next June. And that, suggests The Sunhe recalls Mauricio Pochettino, in place at the Spurs between 2014 and 2019, always appreciated by Tottenham supporters …
