Conte laments that his poor English skills are not understood

Antonio Conte admitted that he “needs to study a lot more English” to convey his thoughts more clearly and avoid misunderstandings.

Following their recent 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa, the Tottenham boss said they need at least two lucrative signings every season to become title contenders, denying he was ‘recommending’ spending big on a Daniel Levy transfer. market.

“I’m not suggesting anything. That’s the difference. I understand my English maybe not so well, maybe you don’t understand what I’m thinking,” Conte told a press conference ahead of Spurs’ Premier League game at Crystal Palace.

“I only said that what we are doing is to say the plan, that is to say the program. But I don’t offer anything.

“Where are we, what are we doing, we are stopping,” he said.

“The club knows what the situation is, I repeat: there is a plan, I explained what this plan is, this plan is to build a foundation in the club.

“Not me or the others. I think the situation was pretty clear, I don’t want to come back today”.

When asked if he was ‘happy’ at Tottenham at the moment, Conte admitted his language skills were not good enough to explain what he was thinking because he didn’t understand.

“I’m happy, but I’m always happy,” said the manager.

“I’m happy to stay here. I’m enjoying my time at Tottenham and I’m happy with the way I’m working. I always say that.

“I always repeat the same thing from the beginning of my experience here, it’s hard to answer the same thing every day. So it’s hard to understand that you don’t understand, believe me. C ‘difficult.

“Sometimes I go to my house and think, yes, I should study more English because I’m not good or you don’t want to understand what I’m saying.”.

Tottenham’s Conte struggled to resume Premier League football after the World Cup break as they went winless after picking up a point from two games, losing 2-2 to Aston Villa at Brentford. This pushed Manchester United back to the 4th position.

The former Inter manager joined Spurs in November 2021 and managed to lead them to fourth place at the expense of Arsenal.