These are days of high tension at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Far away from the top of the Premier League table and out of the Champions League at the first knockout round, the Cockerels are not having a good time.Besides captain Harry Kane, Brazilian striker Richarlison was the most vocal in expressing his exasperation with the season. After the Champions League defeat by Milan, he told Brazilian media that his season “has been shit” and complained about his lack of playing time.Conte: ‘Maybe they’ll sack me’, Richarlison: ‘This season is s**t’His coach Antonio Conte wasn’t impressed by the way the comments were made and proceeded to criticise the striker, calling him selfish.”I watched Richarlison’s interview. He didn’t criticise me. He said ‘my season is shit’, and he’s right, his season is not good. He had a lot of injuries, he went to the World Cup, he had another injury, then back and one month out, then other injuries. He scored zero goals with us, only two in Champions League. He was really honest to say his season is not good. But our season hasn’t finished. He has the time to recover and if he deserves to play I’ll give him the opportunity.”To Conte, the main issue was that Richarlison spoke only about his status in the side and not about the team’s cause.”The rest of the interview… the guy understood well he made a mistake. When you speak with; ‘I, I, I’, and not with; ‘Us’, you’re thinking only for yourself, and you are selfish. I repeat to my players, if you want to do something important and fight and be competitive to win a trophy, you have to speak with; ‘We’. Not with; ‘I’.””Richarlison said his season is s***. He’s right!” No holding back from Antonio Conte after Richarlison’s fiery midweek interview… 😳 pic.twitter.com/w88BlQJ38h— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) March 10, 2023 Speaking at Friday’s pre-Nottingham Forest press conference, Conte wouldn’t be drawn on his future.”The club knows very well what the situation is. I speak every day with Fabio Paratici and I have a good relationship with the chairman. We’re far from aspiring to be competitive to win. I say every time we need time and patience and here I see no patience. If I see patience has finished for the fans and the environment, then we’ll see what happens. I’m not stupid to kid myself what would happen. But if you ask me if I’m ready to die for this club, yes.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7088058##Conte has been criticised for barely selecting January signing Arnaut Danjuma, who has featured for only 41 minutes.”I’m sorry for Arnaut. He arrived in January and the club wanted to sign this player on loan. For sure he has good characteristics, good quality and maybe he has not specific characteristics to be a number 10, maybe he’s a second striker or a winger. For sure I appreciate his desire, his will in every training session.”The pressure is on at Tottenham. And however you present it – their season really has been shit.PREMIER LEAGUE – ROUND 27Saturday15:30: (8.00) Bournemouth (4.70) Liverpool (1.48)18:00: (1.53) Tottenham (4.30) Nott.Forest (7.75)18:00: (2.81) Everton (2.90) Brentford (2.90)18:00: (3.80) Leeds (3.60) Brighton (2.09)18:00: (3.90) Leicester (3.50) Chelsea (2.09)20:30: (10.0) Crystal Palace (5.10) Man.City (1.40)Sunday17:00: (1.40) Man.Utd. (5.10) Southampton (10.0)17:00: (5.80) Fulham (3.90) Arsenal (1.70)17:00: (2.30) West Ham (3.35) Aston Villa (3.50)19:30: (1.79) Newcastle (3.60) Wolverhampton (5.60)***odds are subject to change***
