Craig Burley says he can see Daniel Levy replacing the ‘whining’ Antonio Conte as Tottenham Hotspur manager with the out-of-work, Mauricio Pochettino.
The 51-year-old, who was sacked by Levy in 2019 months after the Champions League final, is now being tipped to return to old shores and Burley thinks it’s probably not good to go back.
Although, he did talk about Tottenham’s style of play and how it would be far better under Pochettino than Conte, whose teams play in a ‘dire’ way.
After weeks at home in Italy because of surgery, Conte will return to the Spurs dugout for the second leg of their Champions League tie against AC Milan.
Given that there is so much talk already about Conte’s future, it will be interesting to see what is said if they get knocked out by the Italian champions.
Either way, when discussing the topic of who could be Tottenham’s next manager, former Chelsea man Craig Burley had some frank words to say about Conte, as he told ESPN.
“Probably Pochettino (over Conte),” said Burley. “Primarily because I think Conte will take Spurs so far, which you can say Pochettino would do the same.
“But I think the style in which they do it will, at least, be more pleasing to the eye. They did play some nice football when he was in charge. They have got enough results to be in the top four and be in this position in the Champions League.
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“But, let’s be frank, it’s dire to watch, isn’t it?! Watching an Antonio Conte Spurs side. I mean, it really is. I don’t think Conte has ever been happy there. I never felt that this was a marriage which was going to last.
“We spoke about it before he got the job. He is going to whine and groan about squads and budgets. The one that club that rarely ever went over its budget is Spurs under the ownership and stewardship of Daniel Levy. Is it good to go back to a former manager? Probably not. But I can see them doing that.”
LEVY UNDER PRESSURE
The Tottenham chairman has a lot of questions to ask and the fans are starting to turn on the businessman.
In terms of how the club is run, the building of the new stadium and from a financial side, not many can moan, but there are worries about what’s happening on the field of play.
From sacking a trophy-laden coach in Jose Mourinho one week before the League Cup final to another in Conte seemingly set to leave in the summer.
Then there is the small matter of trying to keep Harry Kane because, come the summer, either Spurs sell their star man or he signs a new deal and, at this moment in time, he isn’t doing the latter.
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