REVEALED: Antonio Conte is expected to take training TODAY with Spurs set confirm his arrival on a £15m, 18-month deal with the option of another year
- Tottenham are set to confirm Antonio Conte’s appointment as their new boss
- Italian expected to take training on Tuesday as he replaces Nuno Espirito Santo
- Nuno was fired on Monday with club moving quickly to bring in 52-year-old
- Conte had been linked with Man United job in recent weeks with Ole Gunner Solskjaer under pressure
- But he has agreed an 18-month deal worth £15m a year with possibility of a further 12 months extension
Antonio Conte will be confirmed as new Tottenham manager later today.
As MailOnline exclusively revealed yesterday morning, Nuno Esposito Santo was axed as Spurs head coach, the club confirming the Portuguese’s departure news just before 10am.
The club’s increasingly influential director of football Fabio Paratici has moved quickly to identify Nuno’s replacement with a deal in principle for former Chelsea boss Conte.
Antonio Conte is set to be confirmed as Tottenham’s new manager on Tuesday
The Italian will arrive at the club barely 24 hours after the sacking of Nuno Espirito Santo
It is understood Conte, who has a long-term relationship with Paratici, has agreed an 18 month contract with a pro-rata salary of around £15million.
Sources claimed on Monday that Tottenham were exploring the possibility inserting a 12-month extension option into the deal.
There was growing optimism at Tottenham on Monday afternoon that Conte would be their next manager, with one well-placed insisting the deal was as good as done.
Indeed, players were told to expect the new manager to be in situ to take this…
Source : dailymail
