In the semi-finals of the English League Cup, Tottenham Hotspur lost home and away to Chelsea 0:1 and 0:2 respectively, and the aggregate score was 0:3. The League Cup exit made Conte once again aware of the gap between Tottenham and the top teams in the Premier League, and the club had to bring in reinforcements if they wanted to compete in the fierce Premier League. However, there is always a gap between reality and ideals, Conte left Inter, who had a financial crisis, missed the rich Manchester United, but chose Tottenham Hotspur.
Conte is known as the "champion coach", it is true that his previous coaching experience is very bright, he once coached Juventus, in the first season he led Juventus to win the Serie A title after an 8-year absence, and then led Juventus to achieve three consecutive Serie A titles, after winning three consecutive titles Conte chose to leave. He coached the Italian national team for the next two seasons, leading the Italian national team to reach the quarter-finals at Euro 2016 before his contract expired and he chose to leave.
After leaving the Italian national team, he coached Chelsea, where he won the Premier League title in his first season and was personally named the Premier League's Best Manager. In the second season, due to conflicts with the locker room and management, he chose to leave after the season. After a year at home, Conte became Inter's manager, leading Inter to the Europa League final in his first season and the league title in the second.
Conte chose to leave last summer because Inter were unable to meet his reinforcements. Before taking charge of Tottenham, Conte had no experience of being sacked in the middle of the season, and in order to avoid this happening to him, Conte decided to force the palace to boss Levi in advance. Tottenham boss Levy is known for his goal pickers, and the key is that he also loves to dismiss his employer coach halfway through the season. Pochettino, Mourinho and Nuno have been fired before, and they were all fired in the middle of the season.
To avoid going down Mourinho's old path, Conte didn't want to sit still. He decided to force the palace on Levi in advance. According to the English media "Post", Conte has exchanged with Tottenham boss Levi and sporting director Paratic on the winter transfer window, and Conte asked Spurs to speed up the reinforcements. The media also said that there is currently a thought in the Tottenham locker room that once Tottenham's reinforcements cannot meet Conte's requirements, Conte will voluntarily resign.
Conte wanted that effect, and he left Inter because the boss couldn't meet his reinforcements. If he came to Tottenham and he didn't ask for anything, it wouldn't be Conte. Tottenham's current squad is really difficult to compete with Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea, as Conte said: to compete in the Premier League, the team needs to have players of similar level in every position.
Conte said bluntly: To compete in the Premier League, you need at least 20 players other than goalkeepers, because there are a lot of games to play in the Premier League, and if the team wants to stay competitive, then it needs to have two players in each position. Conte's request was actually the same as Mourinho's original request, except that Mourinho did not get enough support, and in the end, the team did not perform well, and Mourinho was sacked.
If boss Levi still does not give support, conte will not wait for the team to deteriorate and leave early, because he does not want to be fired in the middle of the season. Now Conte wants Tottenham to bring in a striker to be Kane's replacement, with the goal of playing for Wolves striker Traore, who are asking for £20m, but Spurs face competition from Chelsea.
Spurs are also interested in Fiorentina's Vlahović, but also face competition from Arsenal. The winter transfer window is halfway through and Spurs don't have any reinforcements, so Conte needs to put some pressure on Levi, otherwise this winter window will not buy people, and the possibility of buying people in the summer is not likely. Conte wouldn't watch this happen, and if he didn't buy someone to leave in the summer, it became a matter of course.
Conte has been unbeaten in the league since he took charge of Tottenham, and has scored 33 points in 18 league rounds, two rounds less than Fourth Place West Ham United, but only a four-point gap, and Spurs have a chance to enter the top four of the Premier League. Conte's coaching results are not bad, but if you want to compete with Manchester City and Chelsea for the championship, it is certainly not okay not to buy people, Conte has won the championship before coaching the club, if you can't win the championship this time, it is also a failure for Conte's coaching career, but it is better to leave than to be fired.