TheRealMrFantastic: "Is there an argument that allowing Conte to walk and going for a longer term Pochettino-esque project is a better strategy? As much Conte is a great manager, surely it is not healthy for this to continue?"
Alasdair says: "A project manager was the aim last summer but the profile of the candidate shifted slightly after Fabio Paratici's arrival and then Nuno Espirito Santo came along before the very different appointment of Antonio Conte.
"I said earlier in an article that if Spurs were going to take the gamble in appointing Conte it came with the second gamble of backing him in the transfer market.