Jose Mourinho has claimed Tottenham already had a 'very good train' in Nuno Espirito Santo earlier than the club decided to ditch him in favour of Antonio Conte.
Spurs gained five and misplaced five of their establishing ten Premier League games underneath Nuno this season, however the way of a few the ones defeats - particularly the three-0 thrashing to a wounded Manchester United - resulted in the former Wolves boss being axed on Monday.
Serie A and Premier League name winner Conte signed an 18-month settlement with the north London club on Tuesday, without delay lifting the temper surrounding Spurs after what have been a critically dreary begin to the marketing campaign.
Part of that negative mood can be attributed to Mourinho, who oversaw a terrible run of form from the start of 2021 until he was sacked in April. He has now given his verdict on their ultra-modern managerial switch.
“I suppose Conte is a superb instruct, but Nuno is a superb train,” he stated.
“He did a outstanding activity at Wolverhampton for 4-five years, no longer twelve months or a few months. That’s why I say Tottenham have a superb instruct now, however additionally they had that with Nuno.”
The two managers famously had a spat while Conte became in charge of Chelsea and Mourinho was at Manchester United.
While it started out with Mourinho being unhappy with Conte's antics all through Chelsea's four-zero victory over United in 2016, the spat persevered over time, with the previous intimating he notion of the latter as a 'clown' for his exuberant celebrations. Conte often referred to as his Blues predecessor a 'little guy' after a zero-zero draw with Norwich.
It appeared just like the pair might face off in Serie A this season while Mourinho got the Roma task, however Conte left Inter earlier than they got the risk. Now that he has taken the reins at Spurs, however, they may meet in the Europa Conference League at some stage.
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