Head coach says club have to be honest with their fans if the board is not intending to invest even more and praises Liverpool’s expenditure
Antonio Conte has warned that Tottenham Hotspur must keep spending big money to stand any chance of replacing Liverpool as Manchester City’s main challengers and urged the club to be honest over their ambitions.
With Tottenham planning to open talks over a new contract with head coach Conte this month, the Italian has praised Liverpool for backing Jürgen Klopp in the transfer market during his seven years at Anfield.
Third-placed Tottenham could move 13 points ahead of Liverpool by beating Klopp’s team on Sunday, but Conte believes the Anfield club are a good example for Spurs to follow if they want to try to challenge City.
“For sure, Klopp has changed Liverpool and the club gave him the possibility to invest because you can work as hard as you you want, work a lot, work and not to sleep during the day, but, at the end, you need important players, you need really strong players if you want to win, if you want to go to another level. Otherwise, you have to be honest and to tell that you have other ambitions, to grow young players and to wait.