Tottenham Hotspur coach Antonio Conte said he will ‘do everything to deserve the support’ of the fans and revealed his pride of having ‘started and stopped’ Juventus’ dominance in Serie A.
The former Inter coach left Serie A after picking up the club’s first Scudetto in 11 years and ultimately ending a Juventus cycle he had started in 2011-12.
Conte was officially announced as the new Tottenham Hotspur coach on Tuesday and spoke to the club’s official channel today.
Spurs are ninth in the Premier League after 10 games and Conte said ‘it’s a great honour’ to take over at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and hopes to please the fans by playing ‘good and attractive football’.
“To be Tottenham coach is a great pleasure, it’s a great honour,” Conte told the club’s official channel. “Now, for sure, I want to repay this trust.
“My philosophy is very simple, to play good and attractive football for our fans, with passion. To have a stable team, not up and down.
“I think that the fans deserve to have a competitive team with the will to fight. I will do everything to deserve their support.”
Conte has won the Scudetto four times as a coach, three with Juventus and one with Inter, and he picked up the Premier League title in his first year at Chelsea.
He spoke about his time as a coach in Serie A and how he ‘started and stopped’ the Juventus domination in the Italian top flight.
Now, he’s back in England after the success at Inter and said the previous achievements are now history and hopes to write an ‘important’ chapter in his career at Tottenham.
“This is the past,” he said when asked what drives him on. “I live in the present. For Juventus, I played 13 years, I won a lot, everything. Then I came back, to start as a coach and to win nine titles in a row.
“It means that you have dominated. I started this cycle and I stopped it with Inter. The last two years at Milan, we had the second-best attack and the best defence.
“My past, what I did in the previous teams, is important and I’m proud. For me, the new challenge is Tottenham and I want that to become an important part of my career as a coach.”
Conte has already revealed he was asked to take over at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium over the summer and reiterated why he decided to wait.
“Honestly, I was called last summer,” he said. “But I was very clear with Tottenham because I had just finished two important seasons with Inter, two very tough seasons.
“It honestly wasn’t the right time to start again another place. I preferred to wait, I preferred to enjoy the time with my family.
“Also, because I think, emotionally, I was still attached to the last experience with Inter.”
The former Italy CT looks forward to the new chapter at the ‘wonderful’ stadium and training ground in North London.
“Tottenham are an important club in England and an important club in the world,” he said. “The stadium and training ground are wonderful.
“The club and Daniel Levy wanted me strongly, I think this is a great opportunity. It’s an honour to accept to become the manager.
“I have seen the training ground today and I wanted to start to work. I arrive at a top club, these types of situations push you and increase the desire to work and do something important for the fans of this club.”
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— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 3, 2021
you started it agree, but Juventus were finsihed as soon as ronaldo joined. you need to dial that back, traitor.
He destroyed his legendary status with Juventus, will never forgive that traitor.
too bad that your deepest run in Champions League started with Juve in the Quarterfinals and ended there !!
He’s right 100%, cannot argue.
“Then I came back, to start as a coach and to win nine titles in a row”
lmao he just win 3 titles in a row and the 6 others was allegri’s and sarri’s
The dominance against Galatasaray and Benfica, right?
We gave you your big break from coaching Sienna in Serie B. Show some respect. You did start a new cycle, but you constantly moaned about budgets and lack of funds everywhere you go. Man Utd didn’t want you because you’re not loyal and can’t be trusted – even to the club that raised you! You’re a hired gun, nothing more.
@All other fellow Juventini
Conte is now just another guy who learned everything from our club, who was then given the honour to start an important chapter in his life with us, and how did he repay this trust and faith we gave to him?
By backstabbing us, and coaching Inter.
It’s best to think of him as the snake he is, nothing else.
#ForzaJuvePerSempre
Burns every bridge he walks on
Left Juventus already in pre-season with no announcement
Left Chelsea enraged
Left inter enraged
Coached the national team for a tournament then quit
Great domestic league coach in the short term, until his bi-polar disorder acts up and he becomes your enemy in a day
Not a fan, but can’t help thinking Juventus would be top of the table with him right now…..and basically no chance of progressing in CL….
Truth hurts for some Juve fans
Classy as always, Conte.
Juventus’ horrible management stopped our dominance. Not him. Lol
Also, hilarious he’s trying to take credit for ALL of Juve’s 9 titles in a row.
All hail the king of moaners, a great coach only for league matches and a man who needs a £500 war chest for every transfer window.
The Patron Saint who hibernated in the Himalayan mountains carefully honing his tai chi sleep football has always been a classier and more savvy coach then the risk taking Conte.
Max does not need to prove himself and work abroad to teach European giants the art of the feng shui back pass. The sideways pass master of comatose calcio does not need to teach Real Madrid how to win in style, when he has an ancient Italian past time where the round object is moved slower then the earth’s rotation.
Bravo Max
juventus fans really pathetic. just because conte stopped your dominance on league not erased 13 years what he done with juventus. but its not surprising juventus fans always embrace shameless behaviour.
An army of pissed off Juve fans here, we like it though! Especially when mister I MISS MARCO BRANCA AT INTER was hiding all season long last season. Thanks for your service Conte!
Shut up.juve build your career who know Conte.. nobody I will blame the management they are buying trash player with there stingy money ……Conte is averages coach know Europe experience
Conte is traitor
Conte is a shameless juventus hero, but not a betrayal tho
@I MISS JUVE IN SERIE B: if I only came out when Inter passes the Champions League group stage I would be hiding for over a decade now !!!
To be fair, Conte did a good job at Inter. The signs of Juve’s dominance declining have been there for the last few years. Other teams, particularly Inter have been closing the gap on Juventus. Juventus recruitment has not been great in recent years. For a club that has been so astute in the transfer market with signings such as Pirlo, Pogba for free then sold back to Man United for 80 million or whatever the figure was. And now the club has tied to repeat that but it hasn’t worked. Rabiot, Ramsey and Arthur have not been great signings.