Antionio Conte reveals top four finish was a ‘joke’ when he took over at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium

Antonio Conte has revealed Tottenham Hotspur's chances of finishing in the top four were branded as a ‘joke’ when he arrived in north London to take charge at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Spurs will finish fourth and qualify for the Champions League if they get a point at already-relegated Norwich City on Sunday, despite doubts from Conte over the squad’s capabilities this season. Ad/> The club were in disarray when the Italian took the reins in November, after Nuno Espirito Santo’s stint ended in failure with the club enduring a disastrous start to the season.

TransfersArsenal set for ‘significant’ summer investment even without Champions League — Paper Round17/05/2022 AT 23:09 The former Inter Milan boss has changed the tide at Tottenham and managed to steer the underperforming team towards a Champions League battle with Manchester United and Arsenal, before overtaking their north London rivals days before the end of the season to temporarily claim fourth with one game to go. Conte however, has revealed that the thought of Spurs genuinely challenging, and securing, Champions League football next season was seen as a “joke” when he first joined the club and insisted he wasn’t initially given a target for the season. '”Daniel didn't ask me anything.

He asked me only how we want, with me in charge, how we can improve the situation. Not a target,” he told the media. /> «But he didn't ask me anything.

This must be very, very clear because if you put me a target then I know that in this moment it's very difficult. “It was for sure a difficult period. For sure, if he (Levy) had asked me, „I want to go to the Champions League“, at that moment, to be realistic, I can tell him only one thing: ‘Are you joking?’ “This is the