Tottenham Hotspur chief executive Fabio Paratici believes the decision to part ways with Antonio Conte was the “right decision for everyone”.
Paratici claims he understood the difficult periods Conte has been going through this season but was adamant his departure was the right choice.
He said: “We know how difficult this season has been for him personally, Gian Piero (Ventrone) died and (Gianluca) Vialli and then his surgery.
“The club have been very supportive in that and everyone is close but then we come to this mutual agreement and I think the decision we made was the right decision for everyone.”
Spurs confirmed on Sunday that Conte had left the club “by mutual consent” after a period of uncertainty.
Conte and Spurs had been talking about his exit ever since the Italian made his position at the club virtually untenable after he branded his players “selfish” in a startling rant after a 3-3 draw with Southampton.
Spurs also confirmed on Sunday that Conte’s assistant Cristian Stellini and Ryan Mason will take charge on an interim basis for the remainder of the season.
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Stellini will appear as acting head coach for the final 10 games of the season, working alongside Mason, who played for Spurs between 2008-16 and was interim head coach following Jose Mourinho’s sacking in 2021.
Paratici says he’s confident the pair will do a good job by the end of the season and that it’s important in the players’ interests that not much has changed in the coaching structure.
“Cristian has been leading the team even when Antonio was ill and doing well this season,” added Paratici.
“He’s got a lot of experience as second (assistant coach) and has even been first coach a few years in the past, so we even have Ryan Mason who can help him a lot; He’s been part of this club for a long time and knows everything about this club and these types of players. So I think we’re really, really confident that these two guys can do a very, very good job.”
“The players don’t need to change their habits and training style. Changing everything when there’s only 10 games left I think would be really difficult for the players to adapt to that kind of situation.”
Stellini and Mason will begin their term against Everton at Goodison Park next Monday night.
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