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Evening Standard
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Dom Smith

Cristian Stellini ready to step in to the breach at Tottenham as Antonio Conte watches on

Cristian Stellini insists he is comfortable shouldering the responsibility as Tottenham’s stand-in manager while Antonio Conte recovers from his gallbladder removal surgery in Italy.

Conte stayed in Italy for a period of recuperation after Spurs’ 1-0 defeat to Milan on Wednesday, having previously defied doctors’ orders to rest by returning to the dugout for the heavy 4-1 defeat at Leicester last weekend.

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