Paul Scholes takes aim at Antonio Conte for blaming his Tottenham problems on recruitment as he jokes that he should have admitted his new signings ‘will eventually get me the sack’ to save ‘the same old B****CKS’ in a now-deleted post
- Tottenham finally confirmed Conte has left the club late on Sunday evening
- The Italian was on the brink after his astonishing rant at Southampton last week
- Scholes has suggested Conte should have made his displeasure known sooner
Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes hit out at Antonio Conte for blaming his downfall as Tottenham head coach on ‘the same old b****cks’ in a now-deleted post on Instagram.
Spurs finally announced Conte’s departure late on Sunday night, with the Italian leaving by ‘mutual consent’ one week on from his astonishing outburst after their 3-3 draw at Southampton.
Conte let rip from all angles during that rant, accusing his players of crumbling under pressure while highlighting the club’s silverware shortage in recent decades, which he appeared to put down to Levy’s lack of ambition in the transfer market.
Levy and Spurs officials have taken widespread criticism in the wake of his exit, which comes two years after Jose Mourinho was dismissed in similar circumstances, leading many to believe the job is becoming a poisoned chalice.
Nevertheless, that is despite Conte receiving £150million worth of new signings in the previous summer window, £60million of which was spent on Brazilian forward Richarlison.
Paul Scholes (R) accused Antonio Conte (L) of the ‘same old b****cks’ after his Tottenham exit
Conte left Spurs by mutual consent one week on from his astonishing attack on the club
Scholes mocked the Italian for claiming Spurs lack ambition in a now-deleted Instagram post
And Scholes, reacting to talkSPORT’s coverage of the fall-out on Monday, joked that Conte should have confessed while unveiling his new signings that he wasn’t satisfied in a fiery post on Instagram, which has since been deleted.
The United legend wrote on his story: ‘Here we go @talksport… a manager gets sacked so everyone blames recruitment… and a top class manager blames lack of ambition.
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