Conte dismisses talk of Tottenham unrest; Rangnick hits out at Maguire-Ronaldo reports

Both Antonio Conte and Ralf Rangnick had bees in their bonnets when they spoke to the media on Friday ahead of the Premier League action this weekend.

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Conte revealed he is unhappy with certain interviews being taken out of context and people suggesting there is a rift between himself and Tottenham’s chairman Daniel Levy.

While Rangnick has rubbished reports that he has held talks with Harry Maguire (his current captain) and superstar Cristiano Ronaldo about potentially changing captains as suggestions continue that all is not well behind-the-scenes at Manchester United.

Below is more from both managers, who are feeling the heat in the top four battle.

Antonio Conte has been increasingly honest and open in recent months, as he talked about the situation Tottenham find themselves in and the strength of their squad after the January transfer window.

In a recent interview with Sky Sport in Italy, Conte was quoted as saying that Spurs’ squad is weaker now than it was before the January window and suggested they had lost ‘important’ players such as Tanguy Ndombele, Giovani Lo Celso and Dele Alli.

Speaking ahead of Spurs’ trip to Manchester City on Saturday (watch live, 12:30pm ET on NBC and online via NBCSports.com), Conte wanted to try and calm things down.

“I don’t understand why someone wants to try to create problems between me, but not only me, also in the past, I read the stories and they create a lot of problems between the coach and the chairman and the club,” Conte said. “The chairman knows very well my thoughts and it is not important for me to go to the media and speak to the media. If I have to tell him something he knows very well I go and speak to him.

“Sorry, I think