Antonio Conte

[qb4ever_2k]

Daily Telegraph: Although money will be made available in January, Conte is not expected to be given fortunes to spend and #thfc may need to raise cash through sales to chase some of his targets.

This will go well.

This will be no problems from Conte's perspective. He can work with cheap options as long as they're his picks.

There will be a huge problem from Spurs' perspective though when he wants to sell Son to fund Dzeko or Lo Celso and Reguilon for Vidal and Candreva.

 

[Sawyer]

Daily Telegraph: Although money will be made available in January, Conte is not expected to be given fortunes to spend and #thfc may need to raise cash through sales to chase some of his targets.

This will go well.

Really can't imagine Conte signing for Spurs on the basis of "sell players first" haha, not a chance.

Of course he will be after some of our players, all depends on how much of an impact he made on them because unfortunately we know our owners will sell.

 

[brakbrak]

For the love of God, take away gags and lazzaro from us.

 

[Campione]

To be honest, I do not see even a single reason why our players would follow Conte at club like Spurs. If it was United or Real Madrid, I would understand them, but fucking Tottenham... Come on. . Also, let's not forget that he will be there for no more than 2-3 years.

 

[DARi0]

I can also see us monetize with De Vrij and replace him with Bremer.

That Bremer guy is nowhere near our 1st team levels. Was linked to us as backup (Kolarov replacement).

#28 Matthias Ginter from Gladbach makes sense on a free transfer, however I`m afraid he`s Bayern bound.

This is going to be a good test of Conte's sanity, apart from his coaching skills to uplift those dejected, demoralised players at Spurs.

 

[brehme1989]

Still don’t think you guys fully understand why he left. The basis of a relationship is based on trust, if promises are made they have to be kept.

goes on to proceed with stuff that is untrue

In the first season Dzeko was a specific request of Conte’s….looking back now I’m certain we would have won the league that 1st year as well had we got him.

Following season Tonali deal was ready…Suning pulled the plug. We ended up filling the squad with Vidal, Darmian and Kolarov. Now people will deem these were Conte’s requests but what would you guys’ requests have been with a 5 million budget?

For example, Tonali was all Ausilio and Marotta. Darmian was also a Marotta purchase.

Conte wanted Kolarov, Vidal and Kumbulla. We pulled the plug on Kumbulla. I don't see you mentioning him there, probably because he proved to be a flop, at least for Roma's 4 man defense.

Conte wanted Smalling as well, to replace Skriniar, as an alternative to Milenkovic. Because Conte was aware that we had to sell players.

Conte wanted to get rid of Diego Godin, one of the biggest reasons why we rallied to 2nd spot (at the last matchday, people pretend that because Juventus lost 9 points in 3 games and that Atalanta and Lazio imploded towards the end that it was some spectacular feat) and the EL final, which wouldn't have happened under Conte if the fixtures were in between the ones in the league.

Conte was happy to see Vidal coming at the expense of Tonali.
Conte was happy to see us get rid of Skriniar, Eriksen, Sanchez and Lautaro as well, but it didn't happen for several reasons. Why do you think Lautaro's contract deal was stalled so much?

Fast forward to January Conte specifically made a request to get De Paul for the following season. Marotta agreed to the deal, Suning pulled the plug. Looking back now once again Conte was right he was the missing piece. Then season ends, we’re champions Suning say don’t expect reinforcements and oh Hakimi will be sold. Back to square one.

Conte did not request Rodrigo De Paul. The guy was on Ausilio's radar for ages and Conte even rejected him in his first transfer window.

Udinese rejected our loan offer, but Conte didn't really want him. Conte actually made a specific request for.... Eder! The midfielder he wanted was Wijnaldum, but for the end of the season. He didn't make a request for a midfielder.

Conte also welcomed Roma's offer of Dzeko for Sanchez/Eriksen at the time, but didn't throw much of a tantrum to push a deal.


The De Paul stuff resurfaced again after Conte left, exactly because Conte didn't want him. But he ended up with Atletico because at the moment we were quite broke and made this Hakan deal.

And the only way we'd go for De Paul in that January window was by selling Eriksen, who was still a training cone and someone to be humiliated with 45 second cameos.. before him and Perisic saved our Scudetto run...

Promises that were made got broken which then becomes a matter of principle. I do think even he regrets leaving us but if he stayed it would have meant Suning can do whatever and get away with it

This is the only part that's true, but those promises are not the ones you showed. The promises that didn't happen were because:
- We delayed a lot on Lukaku and he didn't accept anyone else.
- Covid hit us, so we could only come up with Hakimi, before Suning collapsed.
- We couldn't sell all the players he wanted out. Thank fuck for that.


So why Conte left?

Because he realized that he'd still not make much in Europe and this time this would look really really bad after 3rd and 4th spot.
Because he understood that after a big sale and cost cutting, we couldn't be able to fill his ego with big expenditure.
Because he comprehended that the level of difficulty in Serie A would increase this season.

In short, because he was a coward. And he managed to milk money out of his cowardice in a typical fashion.

 

[Glass box]

People are just fucking idiots. They shouldn't read those reports LITERALLY. I mean that if a reporter reports a thing X, that X might as well be valid. But then again, next day X is not valid anymore. Then reporter reports that X is not valid anymore.

I don't get why people are so fucking obsessed with EVERYTHING these reporters write and they take that EVERYTHING so literally. You gotta read between the lines and understand this business. Certain things are true and valid until they are not.

Romano is projecting a lot of shit on his own and acts as if he knows what exactly people he talks about think. He could've just said "he's not joining for now", instead of "only Man United can convince Conte during mid season" and then it turns out to be totally untrue. The guy lacks ethics.

 

[brehme1989]

Romano is projecting a lot of shit on his own and acts as if he knows what exactly people he talks about think. He could've just said "he's not joining for now", instead of "only Man United can convince Conte during mid season" and then it turns out to be totally untrue. The guy lacks ethics.

Romano reports what he was told to report.

 

[Bluenine]

Guys, don't worry about Inter players. Remember what Beppe said 2 years ago: “My time in Turin gave me a lot, besides the bittersweet departure. I have maintained a good relationship with everybody except for Paratici, but it is more of a personal matter than a professional one”

I am not too worried about Paratici poaching Inter players. That will be done on Beppe's terms.

 

[YoramG]

I can't believe he's gone to Spurs. The man is an actual psychopath.

 

[Materazzi_23]

Guys, don't worry about Inter players. Remember what Beppe said 2 years ago: “My time in Turin gave me a lot, besides the bittersweet departure. I have maintained a good relationship with everybody except for Paratici, but it is more of a personal matter than a professional one”

I am not too worried about Paratici poaching Inter players. That will be done on Beppe's terms.

And don't forget that the players they maybe want won't want to join Spurs ( Skriniar, Barella, Bastoni) or won't join them in January (Brozovic, Perisic and de Vrij). Lautaro just signed a new contract so he is out of order and don't think Conte would want him.

 

[CafeCordoba]

Guys, don't worry about Inter players. Remember what Beppe said 2 years ago: “My time in Turin gave me a lot, besides the bittersweet departure. I have maintained a good relationship with everybody except for Paratici, but it is more of a personal matter than a professional one”

I am not too worried about Paratici poaching Inter players. That will be done on Beppe's terms.

Yeah there won't probably be too friendly relationship between Inter and Spurs. It might require Levy to intervene if some negotiations were to heat up.

 

[wyze]

Yeah there won't probably be too friendly relationship between Inter and Spurs. It might require Levy to intervene if some negotiations were to heat up.

I guess so, after the shits we gone through to get eriksen from them and the paratici factor, i hope we will play hardball if they would ask for any of our players...and if we do the negotiation then milk them hard..

 

[brehme1989]

They're only going to go for De Vrij and I doubt he wants the move.
Brozovic on a bosman is another for Paratici, so hopefully we sort that out.

If they want Gagliardini, 25m and we all go to Milano to wrap him up ourselves.

 

[William]

I can't believe he's gone to Spurs. The man is an actual psychopath.

Agreed. When I said I can’t believe he left us for Spurs what I actually meant was, I can’t believe he left us cause we’re in a much better shape than that car crash of a club.

He’s winning shit there.

 

[CafeCordoba]

They're only going to go for De Vrij and I doubt he wants the move.
Brozovic on a bosman is another for Paratici, so hopefully we sort that out.

If they want Gagliardini, 25m and we all go to Milano to wrap him up ourselves.

Yeah this is my feeling too. Lautaro rejected Spurs in the summer. Barella, Bastoni, Skriniar, nah. None of these guys want to move to Spurs.

De Vrij is the most logical candidate, being Conte's man at Inter, contract situation etc. Like I've said in this thread, it's going to be about the offer of Inter and the demand of Raiola, how much they differ and if De Vrij really wants to change Milano to London.

I don't feel Brozovic wants to leave anywhere, the father just wants to milk as much as possible from Inter.

 

[BasedGodPunk]

Only way this move makes sense is that he misses coaching and wants the extra money. Levy is the English Lotito and has a history of being atrocious to work with. The fans have significantly higher expectations than they should. I mean seriously, what have spurs won in 50 years? Above all that, he isn't getting top 4 with that team. The top 3 is set and even though united have a completely inept manager, they're way too talented to not get 4th.

As others have said, the only player I could see leaving is de vrij. Spurs will need another CB for the system and they don't really need a DM like brozo. Hojberg is a really good player.

 

[Ethor]

Inter can give Conte, Kolarov and Gags for Celso and some cash.

 

[ADRossi]

We all know where Vidal is signing once his contract expires this summer.

 

[Il Drago]

And don't forget that the players they maybe want won't want to join Spurs ( Skriniar, Barella, Bastoni) or won't join them in January (Brozovic, Perisic and de Vrij). Lautaro just signed a new contract so he is out of order and don't think Conte would want him.

People also tend to overlook the human factor. Some people don't like to relocate once they have settled in a country. Candreva and Biabiany rejected Conte's Chelsea because they didn't want to leave Italy. Bonucci, Alex Sandro, Nainggolan, Dzeko rejected Conte's approach during his first stint at Chelsea for various reasons.

We all know where Vidal is signing once his contract expires this summer.

What makes you think Conte is going to be so patient and he won't demand Vidal in January?