Antonio Conte has admitted that he would have asked Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy whether he was joking if he had requested a top four finish this season when he first joined back in November.
Spurs are on the verge of a fourth-place finish if they can get a point or more at Norwich in their final Premier League game on Sunday afternoon. Conte has frequently labelled any such finish to the campaign as a 'miracle' and when asked whether Levy mentioned qualifying for the Champions League when he replaced Nuno Espirito Santo in November, the Italian explained how that request would have been met.
"I remember very well when I spoke with the club, with Daniel, at that moment the situation wasn't so good and the club asked me to help them and to try to find a solution to improve the team in many aspects. If you remember, we didn’t score a lot, Harry at that period had scored only goal and we conceded a lot of goals, many, many problems," said Conte.
