By Safiu Kehinde
Following the signing of Antonio Conte as the new Tottenham manager, his former club, Inter Milan, has made known their intention to prevent any signing of their players by the former manager.
With the likes of midfielders Alessandro Bastoni, Nicollo Barella and Defender, Stefan De Vrij, all labelled as Conte’s potential target, Inter Milan Director, Piero Ausillio played down the selling of their key players during the January transfer window.
According to Express, Inter are not prepared to let that happen as they prepare to block any advances on their players from Conte.
“I’m not worried about Antonio Conte and our players. In January we won’t consider any possible exit” the Director said.
Antonio Conte’s managerial career had seen him developed the habit of raiding his immediate past clubs for their key players to join him at his new club- particularly the ones he signed for the old club.
His move back to Italy after a successful spell at Chelsea, saw him raid not just the blues but the entire Premier League top clubs.
He obtained the service of Victor Moses (Chelsea), Christian Eriksen (Tottenham), Ashley Young (Manchester United), Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United), Alexis Sanchez (Manchester United), and almost Marcus Alonso of Chelsea–a deal which later went off.
Meanwhile, Tottenham are willing to break the bank during the January transfer for the revival of the struggling club formerly led by Nuno Espirito.
They are in search for a strike partner for their talisman forward, Harry Kane.
The potential striker the club are willing to buy is Vlahovic from Fiorentina.
An effort to sign the striker during the summer transfer came down crumbling after the deal failed to materialize.
With the Serbian now looking unlikely to sign contract extension with La Viola, Tottenham stand a chance of capturing the striker.
