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Daniel Levy will hold crisis talks with Antonio Conte TODAY in desperate bid to convince Tottenham manager to stay
DANIEL LEVY will try to reassure Antonio Conte he is still the right manager for Tottenham.
The Spurs chairman will speak with the Italian, whose emotional post-match meltdown after the North Londoners’ 1-0 defeat at struggling Burnley cast doubts over his own future at the club.
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It was Tottenham’s fourth defeat in their last five Premier League matches and it left Conte - who only took over in November - questioning whether he is the right man for the job.
And whether Spurs are the right club for him.
Conte said he plans to talk with the club about his position and Levy will try to allay his gaffer’s fears at the club’s Enfield training HQ today.
Levy does not want his new boss to leave and believes he is the right man to bring trophies back to the success-starved club which have not lifted silverware since the 2008 League Cup.
Conte looked like he was going to turn things around at Tottenham when he remained unbeaten in his opening nine top-flight matches.
But after their loss at Turf Moor, the serial winner seemed to admit the job might be too big even for him when asked for his assessment of the game and why Spurs were unable to repeat their stunning display from the 3-2 victory at Prem leaders Manchester City on Saturday.
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Conte said: "I don’t want to comment on the game. I wasn’t to comment only on the situation. In the last five games, we lost four times. This is the reality. Not performance, not space no space.
"The reality is this. That we lost four games of the last five. No one deserves this type of situation – the club, me, the players and fans, but this is the reality.
"I came in to try to improve the situation in Tottenham but maybe at this moment, I don’t know, I’m not so good to improve the situation.
"For me, it’s very frustrating because I know we’re working hard, working a lot and trying to get the best out of every single player. The reality is this.
"I’m too honest to close my eyes and say: 'Ok on Saturday we’re going to play another game'. It's right at the moment to see well, what is the situation well and to make an assessment.
"Also I repeat, I’m really frustrated and I’m not used to being faced with this type of situation
"But the problem, I repeat is, I’m trying to do everything to change the situation but the situation is not changing.
"Someone has to speak about the race for fourth place, and the reality from the last five games is we have to pay attention to not fight for the relegation zone.
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"This is the truth. this is the reality, and when this type of situation happens, maybe there is something wrong.
"I don't want to close my eyes, I want to take my responsibility, if I have the responsibility. I am open, I am open for every decision because I want to help Tottenham.
"From the first day I arrived here I want to help Tottenham. I repeat: I am too honest to close my eyes and continue in this way, and also take my salary. But it's not right at this moment.
"It's not enough. I repeat, for me it's very frustrating. Four defeats in the last five games. This is the first time in my life this type of situation has happened.
"Maybe I'm not so good for.... Maybe I'm not so good. Yes, maybe I'm not so good.
"I think Tottenham called me to improve the situation but I'm too honest. I'm too honest to close my eyes, you understand, and to continue to say 'Ok I want to finish the season in this way and ok my salary is good'.
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"But I'm not this type of person. I have ambition, I'm a person who has ambition, I hate to lose and we lost, I repeat, four games in the last five games. And for me, I repeat, this is unacceptable.
"I won't accept this. I want to try to improve the situation and also to make assessment with the club because if we continue in this way, maybe we have to pay great attention because this league we can finish 10th, 12th, 13th the same way that when I arrive here in the same position."
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