Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte has applauded chairman Daniel Levy for providing the north London club a “cathedral” of football but has advised him to “rebuild” the Premier League club into one that can fight for trophies.
“There is a fantastic stadium and there is a fantastic training ground and the infrastructure (at) this club is very, very top. But then there is the football aspect,” Conte told beIN Sports.
Since the appointing of Conte as their manager, Spurs turned their season around, but they have now hit a rough patch. Last week, they dropped points, losing to Southampton and Wolverhampton Wanderers, which puts them in eighth place, seven points off fourth place.
The Italian tactician continued by saying that Tottenham is in a fight to improve, citing clubs like West Ham United, Aston Villa, and Brighton & Hove Albion are all trying to improve.
“The level of this league is very high. Every single team wants to improve, not only Tottenham but Arsenal and Leicester and West Ham and Aston Villa and Newcastle. Also, teams like Brighton and Wolves — they want to improve,” Conte said.
“At this moment, we have to fight with these teams. It’s important not to be scared about this situation now, but we need to have the desire and the will to fight this situation, to try to rebuild again. It’s a totally different situation compared to my past.”
Tottenham will need to go on the road and pull off an upset against Manchester City if they want to continue having hopes of finishing in the top four. However, that will be a tall task considering Pep Guardiola’s squad has scored nine goals in their last two matches.