Alvaro Morata has already delivered a transfer warning to Tottenham with Antonio Conte verdict

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Tottenham suffered a significant blow in the transfer market yesterday as Liverpool 'hijacked' their move for Porto winger Luis Diaz.

The north Londoners appeared to be closing in on a new deal only for Jurgen Klopp and the Reds to accelerate their plans for the player. The Colombian is now set for a medical ahead of his move.

Antonio Conte spoke in the midst of the January transfer window about the necessity to have at least two players for each position on the pitch.

It sent a clear message to the board that reinforcements would be needed this month if the club were to achieve their goals this season.

“I think that especially in this league, because the level is very high and you have to play a lot of games, if you want to have ambition, to be competitive, to fight for something important, you have to have 20 players. Two players in every role," he said in a January press conference.

“For sure, as a coach it’s very difficult to decide to keep Harry on the bench.

“But at the same time, when you play the way we played in the last period – six games in 17 days – every coach has to have the possibility to make rotation and don’t drop so much the level."

One of Conte's former clubs have now offered Spurs a potential lifeline.

After completing a deal for the highly sought-after Dusan Vlahovic this week, Alvaro Morata became surplus for requirements at Juventus.

As a result, he has been offered