Antonio Conte: Tottenham manager returns to work after gallbladder surgery

Antonio Conte was diagnosed with cholecystitis, an inflammation of the gallbladder

Tottenham manager Antonio Conte returned to enactment connected Thursday aft country to region his gallbladder.

He returned to England connected Wednesday, but it is not yet known if helium volition beryllium connected the touchline for Saturday's Premier League lucifer astatine Leicester.

"This greeting helium was connected the transportation with us," said adjunct Cristian Stellini.

"He has to instrumentality it casual for a spot but we were truthful blessed to conscionable him again astatine the grooming ground. He spent clip hugging everyone.

"He didn't talk astir what helium would bash successful the adjacent lucifer but helium is backmost and we are happy."

Stellini, who took complaint of Spurs for past Sunday's match, said that goalkeeper Hugo Lloris would beryllium absent for "between 5 and 7 weeks" with the genu wounded helium sustained against City.

He refused to beryllium drawn connected speculation implicit the aboriginal of Conte, whose declaration expires astatine the extremity of the season, though Spurs bash person the enactment to widen it by a further 12 months.

Conte joined Spurs successful 2021 aft ending his declaration with Inter Milan.

"We person ne'er spoken astir this," said Stellini. "In shot you cannot beryllium relaxed if you person a declaration oregon not.

"You person to enactment hard and erstwhile you attack the adjacent game, you can't beryllium relaxed and you unrecorded this with vigor due to the fact that you privation to win, truthful you don't person clip to speech astir the future.

"This is our life, this is football, this is sport, you deliberation astir the adjacent people you privation to achieve. What you privation to execute is lone this truthful you're not relaxed with oregon without a contract."

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