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Tottenham's big Antonio Conte problem, Franck Kessie and the January transfer window

Antonio Conte and Tottenham Hotspur make for strange bedfellows especially when the transfer window comes around.

The Italian has now been at the club more than a year and faces his third transfer window in north London when January rolls around on Sunday. Spurs are looking to make at least two new signings next month and football.london understands that they are looking to add a new attacker and right wing-back to Conte's squad.

This week Conte admitted that any signings must confirm to the club's policy of signing "young players, players with not big salaries. We have to sign players, that they can stay in our vision, in the vision of the club".

In the latest episode of their podcast Gold & Guest Talk Tottenham our Spurs reporters Alasdair Gold and Rob Guest discuss the problem with that philosophy when it comes to Conte and the strange nature of the club trying to merge a very different view on the game with the profile of the Premier League and Serie A winner.

The duo also discuss the latest rumours linking Spurs with renewed attempt to sign midfielder Franck Kessie, now at Barcelona after moving from AC Milan on a free transfer in the summer. They also look back on Tottenham's 2022 and what they expect from 2023 and the incoming January transfer window.

Antonio Conte during a Tottenham Hotspur training session.

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