Antonio Conte suggests Tottenham job is different to what he expected
Antonio Conte has claimed that his tenure at Tottenham is different than he expected it to be before he joined the club. Conte is approaching his fourth month in charge of Spurs and it has been a mixed stint for the Italian head coach. He was appointed with Spurs ninth in the Premier League table […]
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Antonio Conte has claimed that his tenure at Tottenham is different than he expected it to be before he joined the club.
Conte is approaching his fourth month in charge of Spurs and it has been a mixed stint for the Italian head coach.
He was appointed with Spurs ninth in the Premier League table and inspired a run of nine consecutive games without defeat to propel the club back into contention for European football.
However, recent displays have seen the Lilywhites claim just two league wins in six games. Following the defeat to Burnley in mid-week, Conte seemed to question whether his future really lies in North London (The Guardian).
The 52-year-old has since admitted that he did not realise just how much work was needed to improve Spurs, but also reiterated his desire to plug away at the situation and to leave the club in a better state.
Conte said (via Football.London): “I took this job with great enthusiasm, with great desire and great will to come back in England to work for an important club in England and also to have in my heart and my mind the desire to bring also this club to be competitive to win something.
“For sure this situation pushed me a lot to come here to try to change the past. It was a great push for me.
“Then for sure when you arrive in one place you understand the difficulty you can find and the situation you can find at that moment.
“Maybe in my heart, mind and head I thought to find a situation not better but more ready to fight and to win, and instead now I found a situation where we have to work, to work a lot, much more than was my expectation to do.
“I am not scared about the work as I repeat in my life only through work have I reached important level in my career.
“When I arrived here I do not ask anything, but at the same time I know that if I arrive here and they know that you are taking an important coach, not a medium coach.”
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Conte has demonstrated that he is a hard worker and looks to improve teams wherever he has managed but he may not have fully understood how much work was needed at Spurs.
He will have realised that over the last few weeks but hopefully it will inspire and motivate him even more to achieve what he wants here.
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