Tottenham head coach Antonio Conte says his future will probably be resolved on the finish of the season — however admitted the membership may “ship me away even earlier” after crashing out of the Champions League.
Spurs misplaced their round-of-16 tie with AC Milan 1-0 on mixture after a goalless second leg attract north London on Wednesday, when the house facet managed simply two pictures on track in an insipid show.
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The outcome means Tottenham’s watch for a trophy extends to fifteen years, elevating additional questions over Conte’s place on the membership. The Italian’s current contract expires this summer time, though Spurs have an possibility to increase that settlement by an extra 12 months.
The membership are but to take up that possibility and talks over a recent deal haven’t reached a complicated stage.
“I proceed to work, I’ve a contract with Tottenham,” he advised Amazon Prime Italia. “I respect the contract. On the finish of the season, assessments will probably be made with the membership in essentially the most serene manner.
“Let’s examine how the season ends. Perhaps they will ship me away even earlier. Maybe the expectations have been larger and could also be dissatisfied. What issues for a coach is making an attempt to work and lift the bar. This 12 months we’re struggling to lift the bar.”
Tottenham’s European disappointment comes only a week on from their embarrassing FA Cup fifth-round exit at Championship high-fliers Sheffield United, leaving them with only a high 4 Premier League end to struggle for.
They at present occupy fourth place, three factors forward of Liverpool, who’ve a game-in-hand and a considerably superior purpose distinction.
Spurs have been booed off at half-time and full-time in opposition to Milan with supporters additionally jeering Conte’s resolution to switch winger Dejan Kulusevski with defender Davinson Sanchez for the ultimate 12 minutes when needing a purpose to drive extra-time.
“I’m actually sorry for the followers, I’m actually sorry for the followers however we can’t invent the win,” continued Conte in his post-match press convention.
“That is necessary to know this. We can’t invent the win or hope for a miracle sooner or later {that a} trophy go into our coaching floor or pitch.
“We now have to construct and have endurance. I perceive for the followers, they do not have endurance as a result of for a very long time Tottenham just isn’t successful however what I can promise is that we proceed to work actually exhausting for this membership to attempt to enhance after which we see what occurs.
“It is one 12 months and three months since I have been the coach of Tottenham. I all the time say the identical issues. We want time and endurance as a result of on this second we do not have a strong basis to be aggressive to struggle to win in my view.
“We attempt to work, to grasp that are the appropriate gamers to proceed to create a strong basis and the switch market to attempt to discover the appropriate resolution to enhance the workforce however in the mean time the membership is aware of very nicely which is my ideas and I’ve an excellent relationship with my chairman [Daniel Levy], with [managing director] Fabio Paratici but it surely does not imply that I do not inform them which is my imaginative and prescient you perceive? Then we are going to see.”