At this point, it’s fairly clear that Antonio Conte will remain Tottenham’s manager until the end of the season, at most, and that will be that.
Of course, depending on how things go in the next few weeks, he could leave even sooner, but there is little to no chance of him being the Spurs boss next season.
This is what has been said pretty much all over Europe, and reiterated on Tuesday by Walter Sabatini to Gazzetta dello Sport, whose last job was being the director of football at Salernitana in 2022.
Like most directors in Italy, he will know Conte personally from the Tottenham manager’s time in his home country and at the helm of the national team, and the 67-year-old was asked by the newspaper about his compatriot’s recent outburst following the 3-3 draw against Southampton.
Sabatini said: “He’s like this: when he doesn’t achieve results, he’s not the type to philosophise. He gets angry like a hyena. He will leave Tottenham, I see him in Italy next year.”
While few will argue about the fact that Conte is expected to no longer be the Spurs manager once the season end, him returning to Italy in a managerial role isn’t as straightforward as first thought.
On Monday, we covered quotes from the director of Corriere dello Sport, who made it clear that with a penniless Inter and a reinvigorated Juventus (who would need to sack an expensive Max Allegri) as the only two real options for him, he might not go back into a job right away.
Something to think about, as the ‘angry hyena’, as Sabatini describes the Tottenham boss, might end up on a forced hiatus for a little while before getting a new job.
