‘It is strange,’ Tottenham Manager, Conte laments Premier League’s quick restart after World Cup

Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte has expressed his displeasure with the Premier League’s quick restart following the conclusion of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Domestic football leagues around the world have been put on hold as football’s biggest spectacle is held in Qatar from November 20 to December 18, 2022.

Following the conclusion of the World Cup, the Premier League will resume on Monday, December 26, 2022, with the traditional Boxing Day fixture.

Conte expressed dissatisfaction with the league’s quick resumption after the football fiesta in a pre-match press conference on Sunday, December 25, 2022.

Conte stated that the players who returned from the World Cup are “not at the top” of their game right now.

Conte has ruled France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and Argentina’s Cristian Romero out of Monday’s game, two of the 12 Tottenham players who competed in Qatar.

“It is a strange situation, and honestly to play so quickly, only one week after the World Cup, I am not really happy,”

It is impossible to give them a lot of rest and for sure with the players that didn’t play the World Cup and we work for four weeks… Now they are at a level that is better than the players who finished the World Cup.

For this reason, I think I have to make the best decision for the game against Brentford,” he said.