‘Disturbed’ – Antonio Conte explains his interview about ‘weakened’ Spurs squad
Antonio Conte has now explained and reacted to his interview with Italian media earlier this week, in which he allegedly implies the Tottenham squad had been weakened in January. In the interview published by Sky Sport Italia, the translation appeared to show that Conte believed Spurs had been ‘weakened’ by letting four ‘important’ players leave […]
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Antonio Conte has now explained and reacted to his interview with Italian media earlier this week, in which he allegedly implies the Tottenham squad had been weakened in January.
In the interview published by Sky Sport Italia, the translation appeared to show that Conte believed Spurs had been ‘weakened’ by letting four ‘important’ players leave and only signing two to replace them.
Jonathan Veal later reported that these comments from the head coach left those inside Tottenham a little surprised.
Conte has now explained his quotes and revealed he will not be conducting any interviews in Italian in the future, as to avoid mistranslations.
The Spurs boss claimed he actually said Tottenham had lost four important players due to their original costs, while saying numerically the squad was weaker but more complete with the new signings.
Conte also voiced his displeasure at people trying to cause problems between him and the club when he is perfectly happy at Tottenham.
He said (Football London): “During the interview after the transfer market they asked me about the club and if I’m happy. I said the club did the best can do.
“We lost four players, important players for Tottenham. These players we sent away on loan cost a lot of money.
“Numerically you could be a bit weaker. Then I said with Kulusevski and Bentancur we are more complete. I don’t understand why someone want to create a problem between me…and also in the past.
“A lot of stories between the chairman and the club. He knows my thoughts. It’s not important for me to go to the media. I can speak to him.”
He added: “I always say that I’m enjoying my time at Tottenham and the players. I’m always saying this. I repeat.
“I don’t understand why someone wants to create a problem with me. Not only me but in the past.
“I read stories in the past about this club and it creates a problem with the coach and the chairman. The chairman knows very well my thoughts. If I have to speak with him, I go to speak with him.
“Sorry but I was a bit disturbed by this situation, especially because I had an interview with the Italian media. It means the club now doesn’t want me to speak to Italian media because the translation was not so clear with my thoughts.”
Spurs Web Opinion:
Any time an interview is given in another language, you can be sure the quotes are going to be mistranslated, used out of context, chopped and changed. It appears that taking away a few key words Conte used and the interview took a whole new meaning.
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