Napoli coach Antonio Conte is hoping to win the Scudetto with a 3rd completely different Serie A membership, however insists he additionally ‘received the utmost doable’ out of Tottenham Hotspur, who’ve gone downhill since he left.
The tactician is of the Serie A desk with Napoli after , drawing the opposite 0-0 away to Juventus.
He received the title at Juventus three years in a row from 2012 to 2014, then at Inter in 2021, together with a Premier League at Chelsea in 2017.
It was identified to Conte that maybe the one membership the place he struggled to ship was at Tottenham Hotspur, although he assured that was a coup of its personal type.
“I realise there are expectations, however when you go the place there are difficulties…”
“I believe Tottenham did extremely effectively, as a result of they had been ninth after I arrived and we received into the Champions League. The 2 years after I left, which was for private causes, they didn’t qualify for the Champions League.
“I believe I achieved loads there too. If individuals ask me for miracles, then I can pace them up and get the perfect out of the squad, however that doesn’t essentially imply we will win. I believe I received the utmost doable out of that Tottenham facet.”
Conte factors out Tottenham struggles after his departure
The Italian tactician was on the Spurs bench from November 2021 to March 2023, overseeing 41 victories, 12 attracts and 23 defeats.
They reached the Carabao Cup semi-final in 2021-22 and had been knocked out of the Champions League Spherical of 16 by Milan in March 2023.
On the time, he brought on controversy among the many Tottenham followers by declaring the historical past of the membership didn’t warrant ambitions a lot greater than that.
Now Conte is at Napoli they usually began the season with a shock 3-0 defeat at Verona, however haven’t regarded again since.
“For Napoli to win the title could be unimaginable, as a result of we gave ourselves a three-year window. Napoli received two years in the past, however Milan received three years in the past and Juventus 4. The distinction is that these groups completed within the high 4 afterwards and we completed tenth, shedding many gamers,” he continued.
“Miracles can occur, we will pace up the method, however the course of nonetheless must be gone via.
“If we had been to realize our goal of Europe, that may already be one thing particular, so we’ve received to remain humble.”
