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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>New Tottenham Hotspur manager, Antonio Conte, has revealed the real reason he did not take charge of the Premier League club last summer.<\/p>\n

Conte said he didn\u2019t take the Tottenham job last summer because the end of his relationship with Inter Milan was still too recent, adding that it wasn\u2019t yet the right time for him to return to coaching.<\/p>\n

The former Chelsea and Juventus manager was close to joining Tottenham in the summer after leaving Inter Milan, having won the Serie A title with the Nerazzurri, but the union didn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n

Speaking after his new appointment, Conte was quoted by Tottenham\u2019s official website as saying: \u201cI\u2019m extremely happy to return to coaching, and to do so at a Premier League club that has the ambition to be a protagonist again.<\/p>\n

\u201cTottenham Hotspur has state-of-the-art facilities and one of the best stadiums in the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t wait to start working to convey to the team and the fans the passion, mentality and determination that have always distinguished me, as a player and as a coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast summer, our union didn\u2019t happen because the end of my relationship with Inter [Milan] was still too recent and emotionally too involved with the end of the season, so I felt that it was not yet the right time to return to coaching.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that the opportunity has returned, I\u2019ve chosen to take it with great conviction.\u201d<\/p>\n

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