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Antonio Conte ready to quit Tottenham Hotspur for PSG

Antonio Conte is reportedly ready to quit Tottenham to takeover at Paris Saint-Germain with Mauricio Pochettino to be sacked 'imminently'.

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Antonio Conte is reportedly ready to quit Tottenham to takeover at Paris Saint-Germain with Mauricio Pochettino to be sacked 'imminently'. Just a day after PSG's Ligue 1 title was confirmed, it appears as though Pochettino is heading for the exit door at Parc des Princes.

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According to French outlet Le Parisien, the PSG board want Pochettino gone and he's set to be sacked in the very near future. Winning Ligue 1 has been the minimum target for PSG managers in recent years given their dominance in French football.

But after signing Lionel Messi last summer, there was added pressure for Pochettino to deliver in the Champions League. They faced a tough last-16 tie against Real Madrid, but held a two-goal lead on aggregate heading into the final 45 minutes of the second leg.

However, PSG suffered an embarrassing collapse in the second half as Karim Benzema scored a hat-trick in just 17 minutes to knock the French side out of Europe. The defeat led to heavy criticism for Pochettino and it now appears as though he's set to lose his job as PSG manager.

The report also adds that Tottenham boss Conte has 'offered himself' to PSG on a two-year contract. That could raise the potential of Pochettino making a sensational return to Tottenham should Conte switch to Paris.

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