Antonio Conte Departs Tottenham Hotspur by Mutual Consent

Tot­ten­ham Hot­spur has announced that Anto­nio Con­te will leave the club by mutu­al con­sent after 16 months at the helm.

Despite sit­ting fourth in the Pre­mier League, the club’s cup com­pe­ti­tions have come to an end in recent weeks, and rela­tions between Con­te and the club have soured at every lev­el, mak­ing it impos­si­ble for him to lead the club to a tro­phy this season.

Con­te’s assis­tant, Chris­t­ian Stelli­ni, has been appoint­ed as the act­ing man­ag­er for the rest of the sea­son, with Ryan Mason named as Stellini’s assistant.

Tot­ten­ham’s Pres­i­dent, Daniel Levy, issued a state­ment on Sun­day evening, say­ing, “With 10 Pre­mier League games left, the fight for Cham­pi­ons League qual­i­fi­ca­tion is in our hands. We all have to work together.

Every­one needs to step up to ensure the best pos­si­ble fin­ish for our club and our incred­i­bly loy­al supporters.”

Accord­ing to ESPN, Con­te was frus­trat­ed by the dif­fer­ences in strat­e­gy with the club and was reluc­tant to make the rad­i­cal changes he believed were necessary.

After con­ced­ing a 3–1 lead against Southamp­ton and con­ced­ing two goals in the final 15 min­utes before the inter­na­tion­al break to draw 3–3, Con­te could­n’t hide his anger at his players.

At the post-match press con­fer­ence, Con­te took out his anger on the play­ers and club own­er ENIC.

Spurs are look­ing for their ninth man­ag­er since win­ning their last tro­phy, the 2008 League Cup against Chelsea. Accord­ing to ESPN, Tot­ten­ham was inter­est­ed in for­mer Chelsea man­ag­er Thomas Tuchel, who was eager to take over the Pre­mier League after being sacked by the Blues in Sep­tem­ber, but Bay­ern Munich was quick to join this Ger­man team.

In sum­ma­ry, Anto­nio Con­te’s depar­ture from Tot­ten­ham Hot­spur by mutu­al con­sent marks the end of a 16-month tenure for the manager.

The club’s cup com­pe­ti­tions have come to an end, while rela­tions between Con­te and the club have soured at every lev­el, mak­ing it impos­si­ble for him to lead the club to a tro­phy this season.

Chris­t­ian Stelli­ni has been appoint­ed as the inter­im man­ag­er for the rest of the sea­son, and Spurs are cur­rent­ly search­ing for a per­ma­nent replacement.