Alessandro Del Piero has performed down hypothesis Tottenham Hotspur supervisor Antonio Conte might return to Juventus and insisted his previous teammate nonetheless has “a lot of things to do” at his present aspect.
Conte, who performed for Juve for 13 seasons and gained three successive Serie A titles as supervisor between 2012-2014, celebrated a 12 months in control of Spurs on Wednesday, the day after they secured a spot within the final 16 of the Champions League with a dramatic 2-1 win at Marseille.
While Tottenham have been in a position to rejoice development into the knockout stage, Juventus have discovered life in Europe’s elite competitors powerful and dropped into the Europa League after a poor group stage displaying this season.
Current Old Lady boss Massimiliano Allegri has additionally skilled difficulties in Serie A with the Turin outfit in seventh and 10 factors off leaders Napoli, which has contributed to ongoing speak Conte could possibly be lured again to his former membership.
But Del Piero advised the PA information company: “I think now everybody talks about that because Conte did so well at Juve, because the fans love him and because Juve has some problems but I don’t think at the moment there is any conversations.
“This is my personal belief and what I think, nothing that I know to be honest.
“I think now Antonio is very concentrated for what he is doing at Tottenham Hotspur and the fact they made the round of 16 is a big thing.
“He was able to grow the team last year from the ninth place so he started a journey that is still going well and he has a lot of things to do there. I think he is concentrated as much as he can on this reality that is for him Tottenham.
“We keep looking and following all the Italians that are not in Italy like him, like (Carlo) Ancelotti and I think Italians are looking at Antonio to see if he is able to win a trophy with Tottenham.
“I mean Tottenham is a great club in England but the trophy is the thing missing for so long, so I think everybody is looking to see if the team and himself can make it through this journey to win a trophy.”
Del Piero visited Conte a matter of weeks after his appointment at Spurs final November and admitted he was blown away by the “amazing” services on the membership’s coaching floor in Enfield.
He didn’t get the prospect to look at a fixture at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, after engaged on the Chelsea versus Juventus match, however does really feel it’s written within the stars for his compatriot Conte to return to Italy within the early a part of 2023 for a Champions League fixture.
Spurs could possibly be drawn in opposition to both AC Milan or Inter Milan in Monday’s last-16 draw.
“I have a feeling that something will happen to be honest,” Socios ambassador Del Piero admitted.
“It would be crazy if it would be Tottenham against Inter because Antonio was also Inter coach so it would be a very interesting combination of feelings about these games. Maybe it will happen and we see each other at the (Tottenham) stadium.”
Former Italy worldwide Del Piero was at Web Summit in Lisbon in midweek and gave a speech on the occasion about NFTs as a part of his ambassador position for Socios, the creator of fan tokens.
The 47-year-old has been retired since 2014 and spent many of the ensuing time as a pundit however did reveal his ambition stays to sooner or later comply with Conte into administration.
He added: “I need to do my Uefa Pro Licence, this is my last step because I finished last year the A Licence so I am almost there with the coaching stuff.
“Always I am a guy with open eyes and an open mind because you never know what happens tomorrow. Why not think big? It depends on many things but in the meantime I have to prepare.”
Source: www.unbiased.co.uk