ANTONIO CONTE has been confirmed as the new Tottenham manager.
The Italian takes charge following the sacking of Nuno Espirito Santo after just four months at the helm.
“We are delighted to announce the appointment of Antonio Conte as our head coach on a contract until the summer of 2023, with an option to extend,” the Premier League club said in a statement.
“Antonio has won titles in Serie A, including a hat-trick of Scudettos with Juventus, the Premier League and also managed Italy, leading the Azzurri to the quarter-finals of Euro 2016.”
Spurs moved quickly to bring in Conte, who guided Chelsea to the Premier League title in 2016/2017 with Tottenham runners-up.
The 52-year-old has been out of work since leaving Inter Milan at the end of last season having guided them to the Serie A title.
Buongiorno Antonio... pic.twitter.com/26wgcdcYED
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 2, 2021
Commenting on the move, the former Inter, Chelsea and Juventus boss said: “Last summer our union did not happen because the end of my relationship with Inter was still too recent and emotionally too involved with the end of the season, so I felt that it wasn’t yet the right time to return to coaching.
“But the contagious enthusiasm and determination of Daniel Levy in wanting to entrust me with this task had already hit the mark.
“I am extremely happy to return to coaching, and to do so at a Premier League club that has the ambition to be a protagonist again. Tottenham Hotspur has state-of-the-art facilities and one of the best stadiums in the world.”
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New manager…now all he has to do is get the players to play football…..maybe a big ask
@In the paper: mammoth task these days!
@In the paper: If anyone can, he can. The only winner out of all this is Ole. Glazers should have sacked Ole and appointed Conte, but they’re more interested in taking dividends rather than trophies.
@Colin Heffernan: think the Glazers are waiting for Poch to become available to be honest.
@C: and what has Poch won?
@Colin Heffernan: wait until the end of the season…then we will know if he can
Levy/conte a match made in heaven.. Conte is a proven winner though.
@Pauly Kel: Levy didn’t hire Nuno, it was Paratici the director of football. In fairness to Levy he has passed the footballing reigns over to Paratici since July. And in fairness to Paritici he realised quite quickly that Nuno wasnt the man for the job. If wasn’t for his connections Spurs wouldnt have got Romero or Conte….
@Edmund Orlando:The buck stops with levy,who decided not to sell kane? It certainly wasn’t paratici either. Conte isn’t a yes man that’s what I mean.
@Pauly Kel: Man City decided not to pay for him to be fair.
Stup!d decision. Absolutely shocking quality in that squad and won’t get the backing he needs to turn things around
@Hugh: already given him £150 million you melon, and he’ll boot Kane like he did Costa. Great move
@Hugh: He wouldn’t be going there if Spurs weren’t going to back him. Anyway, he’s always shown that he can get the best out of mediocre players (see Young, Moses, Darmian etc.). They probably won’t need as big a rebuild as you’d think
@Sam Murray: Kane wanted to leave in the summer, booting him out is Levy’s decision as Levy stopped him leaving, breaking a gentleman’s agreement in the process
@Sam Murray: so you believe booting kane (the player carrying that team for years) and making only £150 million available to new manager will improve spurs. Look in the mirror for the melon buddy
@alan constable: well either send him on or reinvent him like he did Lukaku. Either way Kane being so passive this season has to have played a part in how woeful Spurs have been. That can’t be good for the squad as a whole to see the ‘marquee player’ so uninterested. The guy has 1 goal in 10 games in the PL. Ideally should’ve cashed in but something needs to be done about him
@Sam Murray: in fact, he doesn’t even need reinventing. The guy is still the same world class player he’s always been, he just needs to give a crap or find a new club
@alan constable: Kane carrying spurs? He’s been a liability this year.
@Colin Heffernan: lol gentleman’s agreement
Could have held out a week for the United job. Think both himself and United will regret this
@Ray Taff: rightly or wrongly it appears man utd had no interest in conte to begin with.
@Ray Taff: Ole is laughing all the way to the bank and the wheel. Spurs are more ambitious than United, that’s the major takeaway from all this. United embracing mediocrity. I’m putting money on Atalanta to win tonight, McFred to have a stinker!
Could be good news for Ireland as Doherty may get more of an opportunity as a wing back
Levy just learned a lesson I learned years ago…”Buy cheap buy twice”
Spurs hit the panic button. Conte is as good a replacement as they’ll get. Good appointment but how far will they get really
@Man incognito: unbeaten from now til the end of the season and possibly win the league….? At least 4th!
@Man incognito: In fairness his record speaks for itself
Letting Poch go was a big loss IMO…..
Hey PaddyPower, what price Conte to be the next Premiership Manager to be sacked?
@John Fairclough: Spurs have played most of their tough matches already, Man City, Man United, Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham so they are in for some easy fixtures soon. Don’t be surprised if they finish 4th, above United, Glazers will have egg on their face but what can anyone do about it? They’re untouchable and unaccountable.
That will inevitably end in tears…Great manager but he won’t be backed financially they way he expects to be
Everton at the weekend..we will oblige by gifting conte 3 points..