Tottenham's transfer wishlist as Antonio Conte eyes five targets with £150m warchest

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has effectively put the ball in Antonio Conte’s court.

The £150m cash injection at Spurs has underlined the club’s desire to match Conte’s ambition and show they want to win major trophies. Conte now has enough cash to strengthen the squad, spend big and try to close the gap on the likes of Manchester City and Liverpool while looking to end the 14-year wait for a trophy.

Even after clinching a Champions League place on Sunday, Tottenham boss Conte refused to commit himself to the club long term as he said he wanted assurances for the future.

Conte is a world class coach, one of the elite managers and comes with a guarantee of success but also fall-outs and rows because he demands and expects the best.

Now, Tottenham have stated publicly their desire to back Conte and there can be no finger pointing or blame game. This is Levy saying they are ready to go all in for a new era of success. It is an unprecedented sum and public declaration even if it remains to be seen whether in these days of Premier League excess and big spending it will be enough.

The first priorities will be to tie down loan signing Dejan Kulusevski as they have an option to sign him for £24m having paid an initial £8m to Juventus. They also signed Rodrigo Bentancur from Juventus and they are the sort of calibre of players needed to push on.

They also have another instalment on Cristian Romero as there is a £40m obligation to buy on a world class defender who has made a huge difference. That will bite into the £150m cash injection but there is no doubt that Champions League qualification will also make a difference and suddenly Tottenham look a club going places if they can keep Conte.

Tottenham do want more