Fabio Paratici is working on a transfer window like no other at Tottenham Hotspur to provide Antonio Conte with a team that can challenge on all fronts.
When the two Italians met on a hot morning in Turin five days after the end of the season they discussed plans and targets to assemble a much bigger and stronger squad that would allow the head coach to challenge the top clubs in the Premier League and the Champions League next season.
Conte was left particularly bewildered that towards the end of the campaign it had taken just four or five injuries to ensure he needed to name four young academy players on his bench, three without a Premier League appearance to their name and one in Dane Scarlett with just a handful of minutes from two late cameos. football.london understands the head coach felt restricted at times last season with his inability to change games by having a bench full of players close to the level of his starting XI.
