Former Leeds United job candidate Antonio Conte takes charge at Tottenham Hotspur

Conte took charge at White Hart Lane on Tuesday following the sacking of Nuno Espírito Santo, after Spurs lost five of their first ten games of this Premier League season.

But Spurs’ new boss could have made a name for himself at Elland Road after Radrizzani invited him to manage Leeds three years ago.

The 47-year-old businessman also asked Watford boss Claudio Ranieri and Belgium manager Roberto Martinez in his search for a replacement for the departed Paul Heckingbottom.

But Conte was always the first-choice, ahead of the incumbent Leeds coach Marcelo Bielsa, Radrizzani revealed to Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport in 2018.

"I do not deny that I made an attempt for Conte," Radrizzani said. "I have a weakness for him, I would have offered £20m too.

"With him, I was sure that promotion to the Premier League would have been assured.

"But we are extremely satisfied with Bielsa, we have chosen one of the best in the world."

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