Antonio Conte leads Spurs back into the big time on Wednesday night with a Champions League home tie against Marseille but he continues to complain that they are not acting like a big club – specifically with regard to exerting an influence over fixture congestion.
Conte is stunned at the schedule that confronts his team with 17 matches in all competitions before the Premier League pauses after the weekend of 12-13 November for the World Cup. Spurs are in the midst of a run of seven games in 21 days and the manager is particularly aggrieved by what he feels are a greater number of compressed sequences when compared with rival English clubs in Europe.
