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Wake-up call: Behind Antonio Conte's appointment to Tottenham

The Roosters were desperate for a top-notch coach after too many failures, Conte waited in vain for a phone call from Manchester United, and under pressure from a former friend was persuaded to give a chance to a team he had already completely disqualified.

Daniel Levy has already realized he must move aside, will it end in another boxing match?

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Wednesday, 03 November 2021, 13:00

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Summary: Tottenham - Manchester United 3: 0 (Sport 1)

"If Tottenham do not win the title, it is not a tragedy. If they do not reach the Champions League - not a tragedy. If they fly in the first round of the Champions League - not a tragedy. If they fall to play in the Europa League - not a tragedy. Maybe Chelsea, Arsenal, City, United , And do not know, Liverpool, it's a tragedy.Each team needs to understand what its expectations are. If the ambitions are to fight for a title or win the Champions League, you must buy expensive players, otherwise it will remain at the same level. It's simple. My question is what are Tottenham's expectations? ".

Antonio Conte is responsible for this sharp and brilliant analysis.

In typical composure, he presses on the most sensitive point there is.

Ask the question that every Tottenham fan has been asking himself for 20 years or at least 5,000 days since the last title (League Cup 2008).

These things were not said by Conte yesterday.

He said them in the summer of 2017 when he was Chelsea coach.

Four and a half years later and a few months after refusing to join the team because he was not convinced of the strength of the project, Conte arrives at Tottenham to answer the question he himself asked.

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Deserves to answer the question he himself asked.

Antonio Conte (Photo: Official Website, Tottenham)

Conte is one who does what he wants or rather does not do what he does not want. In his words, he loves dear players and hates stepping on the spot. When he realized this summer that the Chinese were turning off the tap, and not only would they not buy him expensive players but also intend to sell Romulo Lukaku, he left Inter. Three years earlier, he had been fired from Chelsea amid an ongoing control struggle with management over procurement policy. Even before that, he left his job as coach of the Italian national team because he missed team coaching, and resigned from Juventus in the summer of 2014 "because he felt it would be difficult to continue to win titles."

He is one who comes in a storm and leaves in a storm. Rampaged, literally, wherever he was, but also brought results. Three championships with Juventus, championship and cup (not in the same season) with Chelsea, European final and championship with Inter, quarter-final Euro with the regional. For the past ten years, Conte has established himself as one of the continent's top coaches. He also demanded and received wages accordingly and when he left, he took with him huge sums of compensation. The passion, the madness and of course the degrees overshadowed the short thread and the problem of accepting authority. Conte is a coach of players, not of managers.

In the summer, Conte said an absolute "no" to Tottenham.

In recent weeks, too, according to reports in Italy, he has been waiting for an offer to come from Manchester United and has even prepared himself for an interview.

While waiting for the phone that did not arrive, an acquaintance from the past called him.

Fabio Pratici is considered the football brain that founded Juventus from the ruins of the Calcopoli and turned it into an empire that dominated Italian football in the previous decade.

Conte, it will be recalled, was responsible for the successes in the early years and the two remained in good contact.

In recent days Pratichi has been under pressure and pressure.

Conte was convinced.

The man who founded Juventus from the rubble.

Fabio Pratici (Photo: GettyImages)

Why did Conte refuse Tottenham in the summer? What happened in November that could not have happened in July? Conte was quick to provide an explanation in his first interview with the Spurs' official website: "It did not happen in the summer because it was too close to ending my relationship with Inter and I felt it was too early and too sensitive to return to the coach," the Italian said. "Daniel Levy's determination and insistence influenced me. When the opportunity came, I chose to jump on it with enthusiasm." One can only speculate that a salary of £ 13 million in a contract for a season and a half also did the job.

Conte was not the only one who refused Levy and Pratichi in the summer. In fact, it is claimed that Nono Aspirito was the sixth or seventh option. Pratici came to build a club after years of poor professional management, most of which Levy himself was in charge of the procurement. The embarrassing procrastination in the appointment of the coach in the summer presented Pratichi in a negative light. The appointment and conduct provoked reactions of disappointment. From a football mind like his they expected more. For Nono himself this in general was an impossible situation. His starting point was very bad. "As if he had entered the locker room naked," Jamie Redknapp wrote.

Nono inherited a tired staff, was forced to deal with the Harry Kane saga (without anyone asking him what he thought) and received a purchase late. Nono opened with three straight 0-1 wins and won the August Coach title. After that, his Spurs received three consecutive threes from London rivals, were also defeated by West Ham and were defeated at home against Manchester United.

The meeting between Nono and Solshiar was mockingly called: El Sackiko.

In England, they wondered before the game which of the two would be fired.

When Pratichi left his place behind the bench in the 64th minute and was swallowed up in the tunnel it was clear where the wind was blowing.

Yesterday there were those who claimed that Tottenham lost the battle, but won the war - it won Conte.

"As if he had entered the dressing room naked."

Nono Aspirito (Photo: GettyImages, Clive Rose)

Conte after Nono is first of all a shake.

Tottenham looked off and tired.

18th place in the league in the number of goals, 19th place in the total threats and last place in the distance the players run.

Rest assured that with Conte they will run.

Conte brings with him the insane energies he had as an actor.

He freaked out on the lines just like in his dealings with the bosses.

In one of the games at Inter, you faced Lautro Martins who was not happy when he was replaced.

Now, Conte is not a coach that players mess with.

So how did they resolve the dispute?

A friendly boxing match in front of all the players in training.

Beyond that, a club with ambitions needs a huge name on the lines. Nono has done miracles at Wolves, but Tottenham is a different level of expectations and club size. Without an authoritative figure that attracts fans, players and generates interest, Tottenham seemed irrelevant. The Portuguese was a slight but obvious victim. After only four months he paid the price. The regular coach who held the least time at Tottenham in the Premier League era. After Nono, someone big had to come. Tottenham glorified Mauricio Pochettino and on the other hand, took Jose Mourinho after the record. This is the first time she has provided a statement in the appointment and brings one of the hottest names on the market.

Tottenham are the object of envy in terms of facilities and budgets it is able to put up, but a joke at the level of results.

13 years without a degree is a lot of time.

The staff is good, the conditions are great, but everything is in place.

Each time there is a different excuse for the crash.

Conte arrived because it is clear to Levy that the way up requires in the initial stage a top coach.

The next step, they have argued in the last day in England, is to step aside, not to interfere and let Conte do what he wants.

Conte, rest assured, has received promises of a huge purchase as early as January.

His expected move to a 3-5-2 system has led to rumors that he will look for a stopper, right-handed player, midfielder and other striker alongside Kane and on the way he will get rid of all sorts of winger who do not fit the method and do not suit him well.

Enthusiastic responses to the appointment.

Antonio Conte (Photo: Reuters)

The reactions to the appointment were enthusiastic. "Welcome back to the Premier League. His career speaks for itself. He has succeeded everywhere, an outstanding coach," said Pep Guardiola. "I hate to say it, but what a Tottenham appointment," tweeted Cesc Fabregas, one of Arsenal's modern rivals. Alongside the compliments, there are those who see the appointment as a test for the system. As Conte “requested” in 2017, Tottenham set a status. Now this is a club with ambitions. So please act accordingly. "Tottenham need patience and the last thing they need is to keep firing coaches on the right and left whenever something doesn't work," Redknapp wrote in a personal column for Sky.

"A lot of Tottenham fans are happy with the appointment. Conte is a first-rate coach, a serial winner, who has done an excellent job at Chelsea and Inter. He knows the game inside and out. It's a brilliant signing. When you have a coach like that, you have to give every player he wants to play. "He wants to. You can't interfere with him - he does things his way. The reconnection with Pratichi must work. They have to see that they are pulling in the same direction, otherwise it will be a disaster."

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