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Picky, you know what I meanIt’s a Monday night game
Picky, you know what I meanIt’s a Monday night game
As of right now I don’t think he has the players for it. Not with all our left backs injured. Perisic is bad enough at wing back. God knows what he’d be like in a back four.
Don't let the full article load and you can read it all.Anyone got the article? It’s behind a paywall
That still doesn't make any sense, as if Levy has decided he is going then he is going, there isn't a game till a week on Saturday so do it now and the replacement is neither here nor there.
Really doesn’t sound that done and dusted as some hope. Things still seem like they are up in the air.Jump to content
Tottenham set to part ways with Antonio Conte
Exclusive: Following Conte's outburst after the draw at Southampton, Daniel Levy appears ready move on from the Italian
ByMatt Law, FOOTBALL NEWS CORRESPONDENT20 March 2023 • 8:28pm
Tottenham Hotspur are expected to agree Antonio Conte’s departure from the club this week.
Conte has flown back to Italy after the head coach criticised the Tottenham players following the 3-3 draw with Southampton in which Spurs threw away a 3-1 lead.
There was still no confirmation of his exit on Monday as Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy deliberated over his next move, but the situation is rated as pretty much irretrievable by a variety of sources involved.
Levy is understood to have been seeking the opinion of some of his closest confidants over the current situation and did not immediately react to Conte’s comments on Sunday.
Sources believe the most likely scenario will be that Conte’s departure will be agreed this week, with Ryan Mason most likely be put in temporary charge until the end of the season in time for Tottenham’s next game against Everton on April 3.
Conte spoke with Levy after hitting out at the mentality of the players and reiterated the fact his criticism was for the squad and not aimed at the Spurs chairman or the club.
But Conte will not back down from his comments on the squad and insiders believe that makes it almost impossible for him to return to the Tottenham job for the remainder of the season.
Daniel Levy appears to have made a decision CREDIT: PA/Andrew Matthews
Tottenham are fourth in the Premier League table, although Newcastle United and Liverpool have two games in hand on them, and Levy must decide whether he thinks the club will be best placed to try to qualify for the Champions League with or without Conte in charge.
With most of the club’s players on international duty, Levy has some time to deliberate over his next move.
Following the draw at Southampton, in which Tottenham squandered a 3-1 lead, Conte said: “I think it’s better to go into the problem, we are not a team. We are 11 players that go into the pitch. I see selfish players, players that don’t want to help each other and don’t put their heart [into it]. This season compared to last, now we are worse in this aspect. When you are not a team you cannot improve.”
He added: “They don’t play for something important, yeah. They don’t want to play under pressure, they don’t want to play under stress.
“It is easy in this way. Tottenham’s story is this, 20 years there is the owner and they never won something but why? The fault is only for the club, or for every manager that stay here. I have seen the managers that Tottenham had on the bench. You risk to disrupt the figure of the manager and to protect the other situation in every moment. Until now I try to hide the situation but now, no, because I repeat I don’t want to see what I have seen today.
“Everyone has to take their responsibility. Not only the club, the manager and the staff. The players have to be involved in this situation because it is time to change this situation if Tottenham want to change. They can change the manager, a lot of managers, but the situation cannot change. Believe me.”.
Personally, I don't have an issue. As long as the managers decision is final.I’m not so sure, given what goes on and the underlying culture, and noise about the top being involved in team affairs, I’d say it likely could be a scenario ( or necessarily undermiming) - an open door policy, can complain and settle for doing just enough etc
He broke the story of Jose and Conte joining so no reason to believe he isn't spot on with this.
Good fucking riddance
The article certainly seems to be jumping to conclusions.No one really seems to know. It’s all guessing games and Matt law surely wouldn’t know
I'd agree with this. If they're not going for Poch now it very much suggests they don't fancy him at all. Which means another interminable manager search to look forward to over the summer.Poch in during the break please. Don't long this out with Mason.