Conte to Tottenham latest: Mammoth wages, contract length & priority area of reinforcement revealed
A series of fresh details surrounding Antonio Conte’s imminent move to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium have come to the fore on Monday evening.
Nuno dismissed
The subject of the hotseat on the Lilywhite half of north London has of course proven headline news across the day to date.
This comes with Daniel Levy and the Spurs board having come to the decision to shake things up on the club’s bench, just months into the 2021/22 campaign.
On the back of an alarming 3-0 defeat at the hands of Manchester United at the weekend, speculation surrounding the future of summer hire Nuno Espirito Santo in the English capital quickly began to spread.
In turn, it came as little surprise when, early this morning, official word was forthcoming across the club’s social media platforms that the Portuguese had been sent on his way:
Club announcement.
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 1, 2021
Conte latest
On the back of Nuno’s exit, meanwhile, one man and one man only has been widely tipped to replace the ex-Wolves boss in north London.
The tactician in question? Antonio Conte.
Reports have gone as far as to suggest that the fiery Italian is just details away from being unveiled as Tottenham’s new headmaster, ahead of a potentially prosperous incoming era at the club.
And, as outlined above, on Monday evening, a series of fresh updates on the situation have been forthcoming online.
The info comes courtesy of the reliable Matt Law of the Daily Telegraph, who has provided an insight into the predicted terms of Conte’s Spurs contract.
The former Chelsea and Juventus boss is expected to take home an eye-watering £20 million, between now and the expiration of his deal in the summer of 2023:
Tottenham set to confirm Antonio Conte appointment – announcement more likely tomorrow than tonight but deal in final stages of completion. Huge coup for the club #thfc https://t.co/tJFNEWr2TD
— Matt Law (@Matt_Law_DT) November 1, 2021
Elsewhere, Conte’s priority area of reinforcement upon the opening of the January transfer window has too been revealed.
As per Law, the 52-year-old ‘is expected to be given money to spend’ following the turn of the year, with, at the very least, a new centre-half understood to be on the tactician’s wishlist:
(🥇) Antonio Conte is expected to be given money to spend in the January transfer window in a bid to fight for a top-four place. At least one new central defender is expected to be on his wish-list@Matt_Law_DT
— The Spurs Express (@TheSpursExpress) November 1, 2021
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