Spurs boss Conte dismisses PSG links

Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte on Friday dismissed reports he will leave the Premier League club at the end of the season to join Paris St Germain if Mauricio Pochettino is sacked.

PSG secured the Ligue 1 title with four games to spare but were knocked out of the French Cup and were eliminated by Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League, leading to questions over Pochettino's future.

Italian Conte, who joined Spurs on an 18-month contract in November, is among a handful of names being linked to the top job at the French club.

"Obviously I think it's good that other clubs appreciate my work, but this is one thing," Conte told reporters ahead of their league game against Leicester City.

"The truth is I don't like when people try to invent news, only to speak, only to create problems. This is not right, this is not fair for the clubs involved or for my players.

"This type of situation makes me smile but I think that also the people that want to tell something about this have to show respect for all of the people that are involved in the situation and not invent fake news and tell a lot of lies."

Conte urged Spurs players and fans to shift their focus from the reports to the race for top four and Champions League qualification.

Spurs are fifth in the league standings, with 58 points from 33 games, two behind fourth-placed rivals Arsenal. Manchester United are sixth with 55 points and have played two games more than the London clubs.

"In this moment our fans, we need to be focused, we need to be concentrated in an important target," Conte said. "We have a big opportunity to try and get a place in the Champions League.

"We are working very hard, my players know very well that we are really focused, we are speaking