Tottenham continued their record of no championship in 2021. Since the 2008 League Cup championship, the team has not won any major championships. Mourinho and Nuno Santo were fired one after another in 2021. Tottenham’s coaches have changed and changed again. Can Conte really lead the way to break the crownless cycle?
One step away from the champion
In the last season, Mourinho single-handedly brought Tottenham to the League Cup final; but Daniel Levi made a surprising decision, fired Mourinho a few days before the final, and handed over the team. Ryan Mason without team experience; as expected, Tottenham was beaten by Manchester City without a counterattack, and was easily defeated by Manchester City. Although the score gap in the game was only 1 point, overall Tottenham never had it. After any threatening shot, the scene is ugly and a bit scary. Under the leadership of Ryan Mason, Tottenham could only finish the season in seventh place last season and failed to qualify for the UEFA Europa League, becoming a participating team in the new UEFA Europa Conference League.
In this summer, Tottenham President Daniel Levy wanted to invite a group of famous coaches to take over, but Conte, Eric Tenhag, Rogers, Roberto Martinez, Sarri, Allegri, etc. Everyone knows that it is really difficult to work with this power-loving chairman, and they all rejected the invitation of Tottenham; Daniel Levi could only hire Nuno Santo, who was only close to the tenth candidate, to coach. But in the summer’s transfer window, Tottenham did not give Nuno Santo much assistance. They only brought in Cristian Romero, Bryan Gil and Emerson (Emerson Royal); the team failed to introduce Adama Traore and other Nuno Santo's favorite goals; Harry Kane also created great trouble for the team on and off the court.
At the beginning of the season, Tottenham won a wave of three-game winning streak by virtue of their luck, but they have since collapsed; they have been defeated by Crystal Palace, Chelsea, Arsenal and even the extremely poor Manchester United, making Nuno Santo quickly step down. But what is unexpected is that Conte, who refused the invitation of Tottenham in the summer, will join Tottenham. Under the leadership of the Italian coach, Tottenham's results have indeed improved. So far, they have not failed in the Premier League, showing the momentum of chasing the top four.
However, in the cup match, Tottenham was unexpectedly out of the Europa Conference League, wasting a great opportunity to compete for the championship. Although Spurs was sentenced to lose 3-0 in the last game; but with Spurs' lineup, it is not difficult to qualify early; therefore, the team's early exit is really self-blaming. But the team also successfully reached the semi-finals of the League Cup and will face Conte's old club Chelsea. The strength of Tottenham and Chelsea is a bit different, but Chelsea's injury problem is quite serious, and the relatively complete lineup of Tottenham may not be impossible to take advantage of.
At the same time, cabportal analyzed that Tottenham still has the need to sign in during the winter window. The current team's record has improved, to a large extent because the team is still in the ascending period of coaching changes; many deep-seated problems still remain. Unresolved. Such as midfield creativity, center selection, defensive issues, etc., all have to be resolved by Conte in the January transfer window.