Pundit Danny Murphy has bluntly claimed that Tottenham Hotspur boss Antonio Conte has been overpaid during his time at the club.
Reported to be earning as much as £218,000-a-week, the former Inter Milan head coach is one of the highest-paid managers in the Premier League as well as in the entirety of Europe.
It seems pundit Danny Murphy does not seem to understand why Antonio Conte is earning the wages he is at Tottenham Hotspur, describing him as ‘overpaid.’
Pundit Danny Murphy calls Tottenham boss Conte overpaid
It seems inevitable that the ex-Chelsea boss is set to leave the club after a topsy-turvy stint in N17.
From steering Spurs to 4th place last season to failing to win a trophy this campaign, things have gone pear-shaped and rather swiftly for Conte.
As his time at Tottenham looks likely to come to an end, pundit Danny Murphy has explained why Antonio Conte has been overpaid.
“It’s time now. He has been overpaid and underachieved. He hasn’t delivered. They sneaked into the top four last season because Arsenal threw it away. Tottenham have been in the top four many times, so that’s hardly an overachievement.”
“They’ve gone out of the League Cup to Forest, FA Cup to Sheffield United, he’s causing chaos at least two or three times a season with his attitude. The football’s generally turgid, and nobody’s enjoying watching it”, he said on talkSPORT.
In our view: There’s a line and it has been crossed
To slate Antonio Conte for his time at Tottenham is one thing but for pundit Danny Murphy to stoop as low as calling out how supposedly overpaid he is comes off as quite distasteful.
Mentioning the wages any individual involved in football takes home as a matter of fact is a crass line of criticism and if things were focused on things on the pitch, it would make for a much more useful discussion.
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