Antonio Conte: ‘Tottenham’s story’ is ‘20 years’ of inconsistency

Antonio Conte says "Tottenham’s story" is 20 years of inconsistency and has reiterated that it will take a long time to change the club.

Conte bemoaned Spurs’ "up and down" form after they crashed out of the FA Cup against Middlesbrough on Tuesday, taking their form this year to: W-L-W-L-W-L-W-L-L-W-L-W-L.

The head coach said Spurs had struggled for consistency for two decades and insisted that any manager in the world would unlikely find a quick fix. Daniel Levy marked 20 years as Spurs chairman last season.

"For sure, to have these up and downs, I don’t like," Conte said.

"I always said this from my first day when I arrived. Tottenham’s story is this, many ups and downs, but to be competitive, to try to win something, to try to fight for something important and become a strong team, the first thing that has to happen is to be stable and avoid these ups and downs.

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