Conte Blasts Tottenham for ‘weakened’ Squad

Tottenham Hotspur manager, Antonio Conte has slammed the club’s transfer activities in January.

The former Chelsea coach revealed that his squad has been left “weakened” following the transfer activities.

The 52-year-old manager revealed this via an interview with Sky Sport Italia.

Tanguy Ndombele made his way back to Lyon as Dele Alli was signed by Frank Lampard’s team, Everton.

Also Giovani Lo Celso joined Valencia when Villareal secured the deal of Bryan Gil just like Jack Clark has also been on a loan move to Sunderland.

Meanwhile, the Spurs only secured the signing of the Juventus duo, Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur who had both failed to impress at Le Zebre’s side.

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Conte told Sky Sport Italia: “Rather than reinforce the squad, we on paper weakened it. Bentancur and Kulusevski are ideal prospects for Tottenham because Tottenham are seeking young players they can develop and grow, not players who are ready. That is the issue.”

“This is the vision and the philosophy of the club.”

“It is inevitable that if you want to grow quicker and if you want to be competitive more quickly, you need players with a lot of experience, because they also raise the experience level of the team as a whole.”