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Tottenham Hotspur director Fabio Paratici confirms Antonio Conte transfer talks

By Ben Knapton, Senior Reporter | 26 March 2022

Tottenham director Paratici confirms Conte transfer talks

Tottenham Hotspur director Fabio Paratici confirms that he has held discussions with Antonio Conte over the club's transfer plans for the summer window.

Tottenham Hotspur director of football Fabio Paratici has confirmed that he has held discussions with Antonio Conte over the club's transfer plans for the summer.

The Lilywhites failed to land either Luis Diaz or Adama Traore in the January transfer window but bolstered their squad with the signings of Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur from Juventus.

Tottenham are expected to be busy in the summer window as Conte further moulds the squad into his own vision, and Paratici has affirmed that he is in dialogue with his compatriot over the imminent summer business.

"The most important thing is to be focused on the rest of this season. We have nine games, we work hard to be here and to enjoy these nine games. To enjoy means we have to live these nine games as finals, every game as a final," Paratici told reporters, as quoted by the Evening Standard.

"Every game together, we need fans, we need people all around us, we need an optimistic environment, positive energy and I think all together we have to do the best that we can do and enjoy every game that we play. This is the first thing that we have to be focused on.

"And the second is my job, but it is not just my job but the job of my structure, so the scouting department and speaking with the staff and with Antonio every day about what we can do to improve this team. It is not just about players but also staff maybe, the best pitches maybe, the best infrastructure.

"So it is normal that when we speak about the summer we speak about recruitment, but we work every day and we speak all the time about what we can do to be better, so we follow like this. We continue to work in this way, in this direction."

A new striker is expected to be on Tottenham's agenda if Harry Kane completes a move elsewhere, with rumoured target Paulo Dybala supposedly set to leave Juventus as a free agent this summer.