Tottenham Hotspur have parted ways with Antonio Conte by mutual agreement, with his assistant manager Cristian Stellini taking over for the rest of the season.
Conte had an outburst last Saturday after the Southampton draw which saw him rip into his own players as well as take jibes at the club owners. He accused his players of being selfish and questioned their commitment to the club. He also stated that the club has not won anything despite the owners being in charge for such a long time, hinting at their lack of ambition.
The Italian was expected to leave the club at the end of the season regardless with his contract expiring but after his comments, it was highly unlikely that he would last to see out his contract.
And indeed, after a week of the incident, the club has confirmed that they have parted ways with the Italian.
The statement read (via Sky Sports):
“We can announce that Head Coach Antonio Conte has left the Club by mutual agreement. We achieved Champions League qualification in Antonio’s first season at the Club. We thank Antonio for his contribution and wish him well for the future.”
“Cristian Stellini will take the team as acting head coach for the remainder of the season, along with Ryan Mason as assistant head coach.”
Meanwhile the club will continue their hunt for a replacement who will take charge of the club next season with the likes of Mauricio Pochettino, Luis Enrique and now the recently sacked Bayern manager, Julian Nagelsmann all potential candidates.
Sacked for telling the truth the squad is weak 4/5 choice players gets u no place n 20odd Years of it proves this it’s not conte mou poch nuno faults it’s the clowns up stair that know nothing about running a football club yes the know about buildings etc but that is it we had the beginning of a top top squad when poch has the team but levy’s bright idea to not buy for 3-4 windows to improve has caused it to go this far wrong n all the panic last min buys cause he’s tight this is our future now too in nxt 4-5 years we will go down doing it like this it’s time for massive changes but fans will keep going like in a cult wake up n make the changes happen boycott everything spurs hit those clowns hard in the pocket make them listen or make it so they have to sell up but yous won’t all u will do is sing levy out but still spend grands a season to watch crap n be treated like crap good luck with that levy will lie at end of season like he always does just to take ur money nxt season but nothing will change