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LONDON – In one outlandish, outrageous and staggeringly devoid of self-awareness post-match interview, we seemingly witnessed the attempted assassination of a football club. By its own manager.
What a despicable misrepresentation of his responsibilities that was by Antonio Conte.
Now most sensible observers would assume that was an oral resignation letter, but in reality there are most likely 3.5 million reasons why he wouldn’t have the courage of his convictions to do that. He’s waiting for his pay-off.
Don’t wait for lawyers. Sack him now. He’s brought the club into disrepute, a breach of contract. He showed zero sense of his own culpability.
Excusing himself, his decisions, his selections, his behaviour, whilst nuking everyone else at Tottenham. Don’t give him a penny.
How can Conte re-position this elsewhere and steer his dissatisfaction into a growing roar of malcontent from Spurs fans and their feeble trophy achievements?
Conte is like a man escaping a burning house with the matches, but looking to blame everyone else for the flames.
Excuse me, Antonio, vecchio figlio mio. Losing the Champions League knockout to an average AC Milan team, defeat against a weakened Sheffield United in the FA Cup – and, most recently, the substitutions made while leading 3-1 at bottom-of-the-table Southampton – are yours. They came on your watch.
In the interests of integrity, weeks before his Pompeii-esque eruption to the media after drawing 3-3 at St Mary’s, I had naively calculated that Conte would honour the obligations of his enormous contract and do his level best to guide Spurs to the Daniel Levy-driven promised land of fourth in the table.
I wrote then about the importance for Spurs and their chairman in keeping Harry Kane beyond his current contract, throwing the kitchen sink at him, supporting Conte further and striving to win a trophy.
A bad record can become a hit with a remixed version and a jolly parade around Wembley would change the narrative. I think that column should now be filled under W for wishful thinking. manager has now claimed the club are having trouble getting hold of him.
However, this is disputed by Alli, with the player’s representatives insisting that he had been given permission by the club to travel back to London for a doctor’s appointment.
Gunes suggested Alli - who was permitted some time off from training - may not have returned to the club ‘because it’s raining’ - and said he ‘hoped he didn’t have an accident’.
‘‘Dele Alli could not come at this time. It’s raining, I guess that’s why he couldn’t come. We’re trying To hear from him . We could not reach you by phone. Hopefully he didn’t have an accident.’’
It comes just a week after Alli was banished from the squad and told to watch the remainder of the season from the stands.
Sportsmail reported how Besiktas had opted not to take up the option of signing Alli for