Antonio Conte has admitted he might be disregarded from his publish sooner than the top of the season after his Tottenham facet had been eradicated from the Champions League following a tepid efficiency in opposition to Milan that leaves them going through a fifteenth successive season with out silverware.
Cristian Romero used to be despatched off in the second one part as Spurs worked in opposition to a Milan facet who arrived in north London with a narrow benefit from the primary leg however by no means seemed more likely to give up it. Tottenham controlled best two pictures on the right track all evening, with Harry Kane coming closest to discovering the step forward in damage time when his header used to be stored via Mike Maignan.
Conte used to be again within the dugout for the primary time for the reason that 1-0 defeat in Italy remaining month as he endured his restoration from surgical treatment to take away his gallbladder. But after per week the place Tottenham misplaced to Wolves and had been additionally knocked out of the FA Cup via Championship facet Sheffield United, Conte admitted that there aren’t any promises he’s going to stay on the membership subsequent season.
“I’m under contract at Tottenham, then we will decide at the end of the season with the club,” he instructed Italian broadcasters Prime.
“My contract expires in June, we will see – they might sack me even before the end of the season. Perhaps the expectations were higher and they may be disappointed? What matters for a coach is trying to work and raise the bar. This year we are struggling to raise the bar.
Conte has now taken charge of six Champions League campaigns as a manager but only reached the quarter-finals on one occasion – with Juventus in 2013. But having failed to reach an agreement over an extension after he held preliminary discussions with Daniel Levy at the end of last year, the 53-year-old was disappointed with Tottenham’s progress since he took over in November 2021.
“I’m really sorry for the fans but we cannot invent the win,” mentioned Conte. “It’s important to know this or hope for a miracle that one day a trophy comes to us … we have to build and have patience. I understand the fans don’t have patience because for a long time Tottenham haven’t been winning, but what I can promise is that we will continue to work and try to improve.
He added: “At this moment we don’t have a solid foundation to be competitive to fight to win, in my opinion. We tried to work and understand the right players to create a foundation, and in the market to find a solution to improve, but at the moment the club knows my thoughts.
“I have a great relationship with my chairman but that doesn’t mean I don’t tell them what my vision is. We’ll see. We have to finish the season. We have a contract till June. I’m happy to work in Tottenham but at the end I will make a decision. The club knows my vision and my thoughts about the situation.”
The Milan manager, Stefano Pioli, was delighted with his side’s performance after they reached the last eight for the first time since beating Arsenal at this stage in 2012. “I think we outplayed our opponents in both games and deserved to go through,” he said. “We are in the quarter-finals and anything is possible in football.”