Antonio Conte has turned his future into a twice-weekly soap opera.
But subtle changes behind the scenes at Tottenham might suggest that he is actually going to stay for the longer haul. Fabio Paratici is already at White Hart Lane as managing director and, after years of chairman Daniel Levy being very hands-on, there is a growing feeling that, as someone put it, the “Italians are in charge now.”
Conte might slowly be getting his way, his message and demands are getting through and the club want to back him. He is, after all, a world class coach and a winner. And after recent seasons in which Pini Zahavi and then Frank Trimboli were trusted as preferred agents, super-agent Jorge Mendes is undoubtedly having a growing influence.
