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The £150million injection into the football side of Tottenham was designed and broadly interpreted as a show of support for Antonio Conte.
It is a public response to Conte’s now-familiar grumblings about the need for the club to prove they share his unquenchable desire to fight for trophies if they want him to stick around and continue the impressive work he started in November.
‘We need to improve a lot,’ said the Italian, after a 5-0 win at Norwich on Sunday clinched a return to the Champions League for Spurs after two years out. ‘Next season the league will be very difficult for all the teams.’
Antonio Conte has received a boost in the shape of a new £150million investment
Tottenham secured fourth in the Premier League and are hoping their manager stays
He considers Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United far stronger and expects the introduction of five substitutions in the Premier League from the start of next season to tip the balance further towards these super-squads.
‘With five subs you can change a game,’ said Conte. ‘If the bench is strong like a top team, like City, Chelsea, United and Liverpool, you need to improve your squad a lot in quality aspect and numerical aspect.’
This ENIC investment was not dependent upon qualification for the Champions League, according to Spurs. They insist it was in the pipeline as the next stage of investment in the team and the staff.
The fabulous new stadium, a palace for corporate sports audiences, is full again and the tills are ringing after the setbacks of the global pandemic — which was blamed for the pre-tax losses of £80.2m recorded for the financial year ending June 2021, increasing total debts to £706m.
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