‘Fireworks’: Carragher says one of two things will happen between Conte and Levy at Tottenham

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Jamie Carragher has had his say on potential conflicts between Antonio Conte and the Daniel Levy-led Tottenham hierarchy.

It is no secret that Levy is one of the most difficult men to work with in world football, just ask Andre Villas-Boas. Every Tottenham manager over the last decade has had their problems with the Spurs chairman, but will it be any different with Conte?

The Italian has never been shy to have his say about problems within the club. If there are disagreements between himself and Levy, he’ll surely let the world know, which won’t be a good look on Tottenham.

Carragher has urged Levy and the Tottenham board to back Conte instead of setting him up for failure as they have done with the Italian’s predecessors.

Carragher says one of two things will happen between Conte and Levy

The Liverpool legend wrote in his column on The Telegraph: “Conte is a serial winner! Why is he joining Spurs, then? That is not intended solely as a cheap shot.

“Spurs fans will agree that since the early 1980s their club has not exactly given their coaches the best chance of collecting major trophies.

“Now they have appointed an elite coach in his prime, accustomed to winning titles; a manager who left top-class jobs at Juventus, Chelsea and Inter Milan amid complaints about lack of squad investment; a manager who by his own admission cannot tolerate being anything but first.

“You cannot recruit such a manager without sharing the same vision, and providing the right environment for him to realise it.

“By hiring Conte, something has to give at Spurs. Either Conte will compromise his expectations of challenging for the biggest prizes – something I cannot imagine – or the Spurs hierarchy will radically shift their sense of ambition and give him the tools which many of his predecessors lacked.

“No wonder many are expecting regular firework displays on and off the pitch in North London.”

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Levy is the big boss at Tottenham and everything runs the way he wants there. Nobody ever expected that to change, but with a manager of Conte’s profile now at the helm, he may have to tweak his methods.

The Italian’s CV tells us that if he has the squad he wants, he will deliver trophies. That is exactly what Tottenham need at the moment, but will Levy be able to give Conte all the resources he needs?

The likes of Villas-Boas, Pochettino and Mourinho will all tell you that it will not happen. If that’s the case, Conte will walk away without giving it a moment’s thought – just like he did at Chelsea and Inter Milan.