Izuchukwu OkosiPremier League side, Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday evening confirmed that Antonio Conte has left the club by mutual consent after 16 months in charge.
Conte called the Spurs players “selfish” and criticised the club’s culture in a remarkable news conference after their 3-3 draw at Southampton on 18 March.
The North London club are fourth in the Premier League with 49 points, but are out of all cup competitions with 10 games left to play in the Premier League this season.
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Tottenham wrote on their official website on Sunday evening:
“We can announce that Head Coach Antonio Conte has left the Club by mutual agreement. We achieved Champions League qualification in Antonio’s first season at the Club. We thank Antonio for his contribution and wish him well for the future.
“Cristian Stellini will take the team as Acting Head Coach for the remainder of the season, along with Ryan Mason as Assistant Head Coach.”
Spurs Chairman, Daniel Levy, said: “We have 10 Premier League games remaining and we have a fight on our hands for a Champions League place. We all need to pull together. Everyone has to step up to ensure the highest possible finish for our Club and amazing, loyal supporters.”
Spurs are now searching for their fourth permanent manager in four years since Mauricio Pochettino left in 2019.
Conte has the third Points per game statistics as a former Spurs manager on 1.91 behind Mauricio Pochettino on 2.51 points.
The Italian coach will be paid the sum of £4 million being his severance package for getting the sack before the expiration of his contract in the summer.
Tottenham Hotspur’s last title came in 2008 in the Carabao Cup. They are currently fourth in the league table.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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