Antonio Conte 'ready to die' for Spurs until end of season

Tottenham manager Antonio Conte has come out swinging and insisted he will "die for this club" but only until the end of the season after acknowledging the supporters' lack of patience.

Spurs’ painful FA Cup and Champions League exits this month have increased speculation over the future of the under-pressure Italian, whose terms expire in the summer.

Those results, along with Conte's health problems, have accelerated speculation that the club will not exercise an option to increase his deal by a further 12 months.

Apathy has set in from the fanbase and during a fiery press conference ahead of Saturday’s visit of Nottingham Forest, Conte addressed Richarlison’s own explosive interview where he described this season as "s***" and took aim at his own supporters.

Frustration has grown after last week’s defeat at Sheffield United was followed by Wednesday's aggregate loss to AC Milan to confirm Spurs have gone a 15th consecutive season without silverware despite the ex-Chelsea boss, widely recognised as a serial winner, being hired to change that.

"We are far to aspire to be competitive to fight to win," Conte said.

"I am repeating this for a long time. I say it we need time, we need patience. I see that here the (fans’) environment has no patience, no patience or maybe the environment doesn’t want to understand the reality.

"If no one wants to understand this and for sure I don’t speak about my future because the club knows very well which is my situation, which is my thoughts.

"If I have to become (for) the people (someone) to take as a target? No. I am not this person. You understand? The reality is this.

"We need time and patience. I understood that here the patience is finished for the fans, for the environment and then we will