Italian media abuzz after Conte鈥檚 latest outburst
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When Inter Milan coach Antonio Conte faces the cameras after a match, it is a case of lighting the blue touch paper and standing well back.
In his first season at Inter, the 51-year-old former Juventus, Italy and Chelsea coach has railed against his own club鈥檚 鈥減oor planning鈥 and an 鈥渋nsane鈥 fixture list, and even blamed one poor performance on the opposition playing the wrong kind of football.
His latest outburst, however, after a 2-0 win at Atalanta on Saturday that clinched second place for Inter in Serie A, has led to all sorts of intrigue.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 think the work of the players has been recognized and I don鈥檛 think my work has been recognized,鈥 he said, before accusing unnamed club members of only showing their faces when things were going well.
鈥淲e all received very little protection from the club, absolutely zero.鈥
That left Italian media, including Gazzetta dello Sport and Corriere dello Sport, wondering, is he thinking of resigning? Will the club fire him? Was he referring to any particular director, such as chief executive Giuseppe Marotta, sporting director Piero Ausilio, or even club president Steven Zhang?
Conte also said nothing had changed at Inter since an interview given by his predecessor Luciano Spalletti 鈥 an apparent reference to Spalletti鈥檚 claim there was a 鈥渕ole鈥 in the Inter dressing-room who leaked team gossip to the media.
So far, Inter has tended to back its coach. After his complaints that the squad lacked strength in depth, it signed Christian Eriksen, Ashley Young and Victor Moses in the January transfer window.
Inter鈥檚 points tally of 82, its best since the treble-winning season of 2009-10, appeared to justify the club鈥檚 faith in its volatile coach and Marotta, who previously worked with Conte at Juventus, was diplomatic in his post-match comments.
鈥淲e have to continue on this path,鈥 he told Inter鈥檚 website. 鈥淲e鈥檝e got a squad that have shown so much and proved that they鈥檙e up to the task, you can see the work that Conte鈥檚 done.鈥
Even so, with former Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri already being mentioned as a possible replacement, the Inter-Conte relationship appeared to have reached some sort of crossroads.
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