The key difference Fabio Paratici can make this summer to Tottenham's plans to keep Conte happy

What a difference 12 months makes in the world of Tottenham Hotspur as Antonio Conte and Fabio Paratici plan to take the club to the next level this summer and next season.

A year ago and Spurs delivered the farce that was their managerial search, which lasted 72 days and came off the back of two different shortlists due to Paratici's arrival halfway through the process and each list contained the names of very different profiles of manager. The club held talks with various candidates, including Conte, and somehow ended up with one who was not even on the original shortlist and was to be found down the list on the second.

Nuno Espirito Santo promised to make the Tottenham fans proud but instead he was gone after just 10 Premier League matches, having done anything but. The club had spent 72 days scouring Europe for managers and they ended up with that.

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Enter Conte from stage left. The Italian, somehow blending emotion and strategy, grabbed Spurs by the scruff of the neck and eventually swept the club up the table to four place in the Premier League and in doing so delivered Champions League football next season.

There were fears - not helped by his own words - that the head coach, despite having another season on his contract, may only last seven months in the role as he wants to win things, not just simply fight for fourth place.

This week those fears were put to rest. Allied to the Champions League football next season, Spurs' owners ENIC raised the funds to pump £150m into the club with the bulk of that set to go towards Conte's transfer requirements this summer, as well as any money raised through player sales.

Spurs knew