Antonio Conte has expressed his disappointment with Tottenham for “weakening the team” in the January transfer window as did not brought in experienced players. Now I understand the vision of this club.”
The former Inter coach has spoken to Sky Sport Italia and his full interview will be broadcast on Thursday evening.
They have published a part of this conversation, in which Conte seems to be extremely dissatisfied with the activity during the January transfer window where Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur transferred from Juventus for close to 70 million euros to Spurs.
He has been asked if there are similarities between this Tottenham and Conte’s first season at Inter.
“It is always difficult to make comparisons, but if I have to find similarities it would be a lack of confidence that is inevitable when you start working at a club that has not won anything for a long time,” he said.
“I have seen some situations from the outside that can develop, but when you go inside, you start to understand other things… what happened in January was not easy. We lost four players in January. “Four important Tottenham players and we brought only two.”
“So, even in terms of numbers, instead of strengthening the team, we weakened it on paper. Bentancur and Kulusevski are ideal for Tottenham’s future, because Tottenham are looking for new players where they can develop and grow, not players who are willing. This is a problem “
Conte has repeatedly asked Inter, ahead of Juventus, to bring in players who are ready to win and have experience in winning.
Will the Italian coach be able to build a bridge between the Spurs and other Premier League teams without players who are not fully formed?
“This is a problem,” he replied. “This is the vision and philosophy of the club. It is inevitable that if you want to get up fast and if you want to be a faster competitor you need players who have more experience, because they increase the level of experience in the whole team. But, he repeats, now I understand that this is the vision of the club “.