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Alasdair Gold & Rob Guest

Antonio Conte issues response to PSG job speculation and reveals when he will speak to Tottenham

Antonio Conte has stated that reports linking him with the Paris Saint-Germain hot seat is "fake news". Only arriving at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in November after replacing Nuno Espirito Santo at the helm, the Italian's long-term future has been a talking point at times during his tenure.

Following reports that former Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino looks likely to leave the PSG job at the end of the season despite guiding the club to the title, French publication Le Parisien claimed that Conte has offered himself to the Ligue 1 side. Asked about the rumours when speaking to the media ahead of Sunday's game against Leicester City, the 52-year-old has said that he does not like it when people try to "invent news".

"Obviously I think that it's good that other clubs appreciate my work. This is one thing. But the truth is that I don't like when people try to invest news - only to speak, only to create problems," he said in his pre-match press conference. "This is not right, not fair for me, for the clubs involved and for my players.

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