‘Enthusiasm and determination of Daniel Levy’ – Conte gives first Spurs interview
Tottenham Hotspur have now officially announced Antonio Conte as the club’s new head coach following the sacking of Nuno Espirito Santo on Monday. In the announcement, Conte gave his first interview to the Spurs fans, in which is spoke of Daniel Levy in extremely high regards. The former Chelsea coach claimed the reason he did […]
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Tottenham Hotspur have now officially announced Antonio Conte as the club’s new head coach following the sacking of Nuno Espirito Santo on Monday.
In the announcement, Conte gave his first interview to the Spurs fans, in which is spoke of Daniel Levy in extremely high regards.
The former Chelsea coach claimed the reason he did not join Tottenham in the summer was that his Inter Milan exit was still too emotional and raw for him. However, he was seemingly impressed with the Spurs chairman’s proposal to him.
Conte was linked with the Spurs hot seat over the summer but the club allegedly walked away due to his transfer budget demands (Guardian).
Finally, Conte revealed that he could not wait to show the players and the fans his ‘passion, mentality and determination’ for the rest of the season.
Conte said: “I am extremely happy to return to coaching, and to do so at a Premier League club that has the ambition to be a protagonist again.
“Tottenham Hotspur has state-of-the-art facilities and one of the best stadiums in the world.
“I can’t wait to start working to convey to the team and the fans the passion, mentality and determination that have always distinguished me, as a player and as a coach.
“Last summer our union did not happen because the end of my relationship with Inter was still too recent and emotionally too involved with the end of the season, so I felt that it wasn’t yet the right time to return to coaching.
“But the contagious enthusiasm and determination of Daniel Levy in wanting to entrust me with this task had already hit the mark. Now that the opportunity has returned, I have chosen to take it with great conviction.”
Spurs Web Opinion:
Conte will not give you free-flowing football or the so-called Tottenham DNA, but he does arrive as a proven winner and probably a better coach than Spurs deserve at the moment. Give him the tools and he will win trophies.
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