Antonio Conte has been officially unveiled as Tottenham’s new manager, succeeding Nuno Espirito Santo who was sacked after the 3-0 defeat to Manchester United on Sunday.
Conte was a prime candidate to replace Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Old Trafford and, with the ex-Chelsea boss now off the market, supporters on Twitter think it may well be a missed opportunity:
This makes me feel sick
— Collins (@mojgolube) November 2, 2021
who cares
— 🥷🇬🇷 (@mufcchisida) November 2, 2021
I swear we are finished
— 🅹 (@RaphaSZN_) November 2, 2021
That means Ole until the end of the season🙃
— нaaris (@HaarisMaIik) November 2, 2021
No it isn’t 😂😂
— Oscar. 🇸🇪 (@_FutboIOscar) November 2, 2021
Start the protests again, never should have stopped
— Matthew Radcliffe (@MatthewRadclif7) November 2, 2021
If he gets top 4 , ten hag is not coming , glazers won’t sack him , top 4 is standard of glazer’s man united
— MR.ROCKNROLL (@MRROCKNROLL12) November 2, 2021
If he was this keen on the United Job he wouldn’t have taken the Spurs job …
— Pushkar Tyagi (@pushkartyagii) November 2, 2021
It does seem as though United’s win against Spurs at the weekend set this whole train in motion. The Athletic‘s Laurie Whitwell believes Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy was spurred on to pursue Conte, knowing that United may look to appoint the Italian very soon.
For his part, Conte decided he wouldn’t wait around for the United job, and he opted to take on the challenge at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium instead.
Whether the Red Devils will live to regret not going after Conte will very much depend on how Solskjaer gets on against Atalanta and Manchester City this week.
