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Arsenal sitting in pole position for the Champions League places despite their three-game losing streak occurring just a week ago still surprises me. Imagining how that feels from a Tottenham perspective considering they were near-handed the control of the race and now two points behind must be tough to take.

Made worse though, or rather much better from an Arsenal perspective, is news that Tottenham’s head coach Antonio Conte could already be off. Le Parisien via GFFN claim that Mauricio Pochettino’s imminent removal as PSG coach has sparked the Italian to offer himself to the French capital club.

There was always doubt that Tottenham was a long-term gig for Conte. This news seems to confirm that is indeed the case. But what would a potential early Conte exit mean for Arsenal?

The first is dependent upon Arsenal achieving their goal of beating Tottenham to the top four. Although, it is easy to imagine Spurs’ Champions League qualification failure being the main contributor to Conte’s early leave of his role.

Arsenal could find themselves in a situation whereby they can widen the gap considerably to their north London rivals. With Conte at the helm, Spurs had one of the few elite coaches around. Ultimately their ‘Spursyness’ could be even too big of a challenge for the Italian, but I much prefer a Tottenham without Conte than with him.

Whoever takes the reins from Conte is unlikely to be as accomplished a