After Antonio Conte departure Spurs can't afford to get it wrong again

Once he had gone so public with his scathing criticism of Spurs, the owners and the players, there was no way Conte was going to be able to take training again

DEPARTED: Antonio Conte has left Tottenham by mutual consent. Pic: John Walton/PA Wire.

It is deja-vu all over again at Tottenham, now that Antonio Conte has gone and the search for his successor has started in earnest.

The biggest surprise in this latest debacle to come out of London N17 is that it took Daniel Levy more than a week to sack Conte after the Italian's outburst following Tottenham's 3-3 draw at Southampton, which amounted to the managerial suicide note.