Conte set for Spurs, Bielsa secure at Leeds & how Potter works at Brighton

The Athletic FC Podcast

The Athletic

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🗓️ 1 November 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's Jack Pitt-Brooke & James Horncastle to get the inside track on the sacking of Nuno Espirito Santo as Tottenham boss and the imminent arrival of Antonio Conte. We’ll also talk Brighton and their manager Graham Potter whose reputation continues to grow after an impressive draw at Anfield at the weekend with The Athletic’s Andy Naylor. And Phil Hay explains why Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa is rarely linked with other jobs and gives his thoughts on an important win at Norwich. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Athletic. Hello, I'm Mark Chapman. Welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast coming up today after his
0:17.5	side were dismantled by Manchester United.
0:20.5	Nino Espirito Santo has been sacked as manager of Tottenham.
0:25.0	The athletics Jack Pitt Brook will tell us how it happened.
0:28.0	Our Italian writer James Horncastle will tell us how Antonio Conte became the leading contender.
0:33.6	We'll talk Brighton as well on this pod and Graham Potter whose reputation continues to grow.
0:39.6	After an impressive draw at Anfield at the weekend, the athletics and in Naylor will join us.
0:44.6	And Fel Hay will tell us what he learned from his long journey to see Leeds get an important win
0:49.6	at Norwich on Sunday. So after it emerged on Sunday that the Tottenham Board had held talks regarding the possible
0:58.8	dismissal of their manager, they have this morning sacked Nuno Espiro Santo with Antonio Conte, the leading contender.
1:07.6	I'm joined by Jack Pitt Brook who covers Tottenham for the athletic and our Italian writer James Horncastle.
1:14.0	This seems to have moved very quickly, Jack.
1:16.0	My understanding situation is that Saturday night was so awful
1:20.0	that soon after that Daniel Levy and Fabio Peratichy decided that they needed to make a change.
1:26.0	A talk started on Sunday morning about what to do next.
1:29.0	I think as soon as those talk started really everybody knew the outcome which was that
1:33.4	Nune would get sacked obviously the official announcement of that didn't come through
1:37.4	until Monday morning but I'm sure the decision was taken internally before then and now
1:42.3	I mean it's what 1039 on Monday morning.
1:45.0	We just published a story saying that Antonio Conte's
1:48.0	in poll position for the job.
1:49.7	I'm sure that Perattachee, Conte's old mate,
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