Tottenham confident of Antonio Conte agreement after sacking Nuno Espirito Santo

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Tottenham are working on an agreement for Antonio Conte after sacking Nuno Espirito Santo, it has been claimed. Nuno has today lost his job, just four months after being hired as Jose Mourinho’s successor. And, now, Daniel Levy is working on a world-class replacement as he plans for a brighter future in north London. 

Tottenham only hired Nuno in July, with the Portuguese manager replacing former mentor Mourinho at the helm over in the capital.

But things haven’t worked out and, with Spurs losing four of their last six matches across all competitions, they’ve now decided to make a change. 

In a statement, Tottenham confirmed they’d pulled the trigger on Nuno by saying: “The Club can today announce that Nuno Espírito Santo and his coaching staff Ian Cathro, Rui Barbosa and Antonio Dias have been relieved of their duties.”

Managing director Fabio Paratici then said: “I know how much Nuno and his coaching staff wanted to succeed and I regret that we have had to take this decision.

“Nuno is a true gentleman and will always be welcome here. We should like to thank him and his coaching staff and wish them well for the future.”

And Fabrizio Romano, writing on Twitter, has claimed Tottenham are now hoping to bring Conte in as Nuno’s successor.

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“Tottenham are now pushing to convince Antonio Conte as new manager to replace Nuno,” he said.

“He’s always been top of the list since June where there was no agreement with Spurs board.

“Tottenham director Paratici is working to find an agreement with Conte as priority.”

And, in another tweet, he added: “Tottenham board feeling ‘more than confident’ to convince Antonio Conte and appoint him as new manager to replace Nuno. Talks progressing right now with Conte’s camp.

“He’s asking an important plan for next transfers window and long-term contract. Paratici is on it.”

Should Tottenham hire Conte, they’d be getting one of the best managers in world football.

He rebuilt Juventus during his time in Turin, winning four Serie A titles and laying the foundations for successor Massimiliano Allegri to build on.

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Conte won at Chelsea, too, claiming the Premier League and FA Cup trophies during a turbulent two-year spell at Stamford Bridge.

And, just last season, the Italian guided Inter Milan to Serie A glory – ending Juventus’ dominance of the division in the process.

Speaking earlier in the year, however, Conte made it clear that his next job wouldn’t be about money – and insisted he wasn’t in a hurry to return to management. 

“The market sets the price, but had I been obsessed by money, I would have stayed where I was in the past. I would have accepted compromises and obtained new contracts,” Conte told Gazzetta dello Sport.

“I look for the projects instead and I am ready to stay at home if something is not convincing me. It has to do with vision, honesty and principles.

“Generally, I like challenges and I’ve accepted many of them during my career.

“Even the top clubs I coached were never the favourites when I arrived.

“Generally, I like challenges and I’ve accepted many of them during my career.

“However, if there’s something that doesn’t convince me I prefer not to accept, regardless of the money.”

And he added: ”It will be a year in which I will try to study and continue to investigate certain situations.

”I want to make the most of this unwanted situation, but that’s OK.

“I’ll take advantage of the period to be with my family and to watch football, which always evolves and goes on.”

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