Tanguy Ndombele has hit out at Antonio Conte after he was sacked by Tottenham last week, saying he was never given a chance by the Italian manager.
Ndombele signed for Spurs in 2019 for a club record £55million, but his move has been far from successful with polarising performances and fitness issues plaguing his time in north London.
He also had a high-profile falling out with Jose Mourinho in his first season at the club before once again being cast out in 2021, this time by Conte.
The midfielder has spent the last 18 months out on loan and is currently at Napoli where he’ll soon pick up a Serie A title winner’s medal, even though his impact in Italy has been limited.
The 26-year-old has scored two and made one assist having been handed just six league starts so far.
Nevertheless, Ndombele is happy to have briefly escaped Conte’s Tottenham, with the French international opening up on how his former boss treated him at his parent club.
‘There was no other solution with Tottenham and I’m happy I chose Napoli,’ he told SoFoot.
‘With Conte there was no choice, I would have liked to demonstrate my value on the pitch but I was on the edge of the group. It was communicated to me from the first day of training with the team.
‘I don’t know what my future will be, many fans ask me to return to Tottenham but the clubs will decide and Napoli have an option to buy.
‘I don’t mind being on loan here but sometimes I see footballers being treated more like commodities than people.’
Ndombele’s buy out clause with Napoli is said to be around £26m but it seems unlikely the Serie A champions-elect will trigger it.
He’ll hope that with Conte gone he can resurrect his Spurs career under a new manager but who that is remains to be seen, with the early frontrunner Julian Nagelsmann now more heavily linked with Chelsea.
Brendan Rodgers, Graham Potter and, the man who signed Ndombele in the first place, Mauricio Pochettino are all closely linked, while Conte has been touted to sensationally return to Chelsea in the summer.
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