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NahThoughts and prayers with Matt Law though.
NahThoughts and prayers with Matt Law though.
Surely about a week after the window shuts we have to be triggering the extra year, we can’t be in a position where we’re giving a man £200m+ To shape a club only to leave for free in a yearSurely he signs a 1 year contract extension though?
Youd have to think that any potential signings would not want him pissing off within a year of them being there.
Difficult to say. Journalists will always push the story more to the will he/won't he side for obvious reasons, but I think there would have been more jeopardy if we'd not qualified for the CL. Once we'd done that, and given everything else - stadium, training facilities, £150m spending money, Son/Kane/Kulu - it would have been difficult to imagine how much better the situation could have been for Conte, given what he faced when he arrived. If he'd walked after that I think we'd have been justified in wondering what it would have taken to persuade him.Was there any real danger, after the season finished, that he was gonna walk? Appreciate that he would've if he wasn't backed this summer but was there any real chance of that happening?
Hopefully we have a strong summer and they activate that extension with his approval (if ive got that right.)Well this seems like good news, staying is one thing. Signing a longer contract is another. All year people are going to say he's leaving at the end of the season...
Conte to stay at Tottenham after Paratici talks ahead of huge summer
Antonio Conte will remain as Tottenham head coach following talks with the club’s managing director Fabio Paratici in Italy on Friday.www.standard.co.uk
Hopefully we have a strong summer and they activate that extension with his approval (if ive got that right.)
You have to remember that you'll never get long term commitment from Conte, he prefers to have that leverage so that the club don't get complacent or stop sharing his ambition.
Well this seems like good news, staying is one thing. Signing a longer contract is another. All year people are going to say he's leaving at the end of the season...
Conte to stay at Tottenham after Paratici talks ahead of huge summer
Antonio Conte will remain as Tottenham head coach following talks with the club’s managing director Fabio Paratici in Italy on Friday.www.standard.co.uk
[From the ITK thread] I think there can be a positive to Conte not committing long term, and that is to keep a sense of urgency at the club. Players might feel that things need to happen in this coming season, or there might not be another chance. Injecting another 5% of focus could be the difference between a couple of league positions, or a semi-final and a cup win.We’ll have to agree to disagree! ?
I personally would love him to sign a long term deal. It would get the media off our back, players like Kane would probably commit their long term future to the club knowing he’s staying, if anything I believe it would have a massive effect throughout our club.
Especially if the kitty goes towards raiding Inter...It must be great for him to go from a year ago being told Inter must sell and he can't build to this year 150m added to the kitty and the chance to build his team.
Like I said we'll have to agree to disagree, I think Conte staying long term gives us a sorely needed stability we've lacked for a long time, he stays I can see Kane staying (and others), we can attract higher profile players, the media won't have their Conte leaving story every week, maybe they'll actually take us seriously?! He's one of the best managers in the world, we need to keep him, the knock on effect throughout the club alone is huge. Besides I'm tired of going into work every Monday morning having to explain, that ' no he's not leaving, no Kane won't be going to either City club and no Daniel has actually been known to get the odd round in!' It's tiresome![From the ITK thread] I think there can be a positive to Conte not committing long term, and that is to keep a sense of urgency at the club. Players might feel that things need to happen in this coming season, or there might not be another chance. Injecting another 5% of focus could be the difference between a couple of league positions, or a semi-final and a cup win.
There are of course, upsides to both scenarios. Though the most recent example of a manager who was settled at the club - Poch - suggests we can be prone to sloth, and failure to keep up with change.Like I said we'll have to agree to disagree, I think Conte staying long term gives us a sorely needed stability we've lacked for a long time, he stays I can see Kane staying (and others), we can attract higher profile players, the media won't have their Conte leaving story every week, maybe they'll actually take us seriously?! He's one of the best managers in the world, we need to keep him, the knock on effect throughout the club alone is huge. Besides I'm tired of going into work every Monday morning having to explain, that ' no he's not leaving, no Kane won't be going to either City club and no Daniel has actually been known to get the odd round in!' It's tiresome!