Tottenham news: Antonio Conte bites back at board after ‘very strange’ January window | Football | Sport
Indeed, Tanguy Ndombele and Giovani Lo Celso both made way after failing to live up to the hefty price-tags that brought them to north London.
Bryan Gil joined them, switching to Valencia on loan after failing to make an instant impact following a lucrative summer swap deal which saw Erik Lamela, plus cash, head to Sevilla.
Saturday evening’s FA Cup tie with Brighton will give Conte and his new signings a chance to impress following a busy end to the January window.
Although he admitted that it was a ‘strange’ one, and appeared to hit out at previous mistakes made by Spurs’ recruitment team, the former Inter Milan boss appears comfortable with the group of players currently at his disposal.