Tottenham Hotspur head coach Antonio Conte would be unlikely to make a return to Inter even if he steps down or is sacked by the North London-based club, given his relationship with the Nerazzurri directors remains strained.

This according to today’s print edition of Rome-based newspaper La Repubblica, via FCInterNews, who report that the 53-year-old has still not really mended the rift between he and Nerazzurri CEO Beppe Marotta and Sporting Director Piero Ausilio.

Conte’s exit from Tottenham now looks to be all but inevitable, and a matter of “if” rather than “when.”

This has naturally led to some significant speculation regarding where the former Inter, Italy, Juvenetus, and Chelsea coach might go next.

A return to Serie A, and to the Nerazzurri in particular has been mooted as one major possibility.

However, as far as Conte’s prospects of a return to Inter, the coach would have to be able to work with Marotta and Ausilio again for this to be a possibility on the table.

Whilst he was Inter coach, Conte had been close to leaving at the end of his first season in charge due to disagreements with the club’s directors, and then after his second, he actually did so.

According to La Repubblica, these rifts between Conte and the Nerazzurri’s directors remain as significant as ever.