Tottenham manager thinks his squad has weakened after the transfer window

Tottenham manager Antonio Conte in his recent interview said that the Spurs squad has weakened instead of strengthening and this is due to the club’s desire to only sign young prospects.

Talking to Sky Italy, the Tottenham boss said, “Four players left in January – four important players for Tottenham. Two have arrived, so even numerically, instead of reinforcing yourself you may have, on paper, weakened.

“Then precise choices were made for many reasons, but I certainly never expected that in January four players who I still considered important would change their shirts for a thousand reasons. This shows the difficulty.”

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“It is inevitable that in January it is very difficult to get two players like Bentancur and Kulusevski to sign who, I repeat, are the ideal prospects for Tottenham,” he said.

“Tottenham is looking for young players, players to be developed, not ready players. The vision, the philosophy of the club is this.

“It is inevitable that if you want to grow faster and if you want to be competitive more quickly you need players with a lot of experience because they also lead to an increase in experience in your team.

“But then again, the vision of the club I realised is this and will continue to be this. For this reason, it will take a lot of patience and I continue to explain it to the whole environment and to the fans.”

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Tottenham’s lack of signing in the winter transfer window

Having missed out on deals for Wolves’ Adama Traore and FC Porto’s Luis Diaz, Spurs only brought in Juventus pair Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur on Deadline Day. On the same day, Conte saw the club’s two most valuable players – Tanguy Ndombele and Giovani Lo Celso – leave on loan, with Dele Alli joining Everton for £40m and Bryan Gil going to Valencia less than six months after his £25m arrivals from Sevilla.

Nevertheless, Tottenham are in contention in the race to secure a spot in the Premier League top 4 and there are some very important games coming up for the North London team. Tottenham face the Premier League champions and league leaders Manchester City who are unbeaten in their last 10 games.

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