Antonio Conte is one of the most accomplished coaches in European football, and he added another major feather in his cap this season by outlasting Champions League Finalists Inter Milan in a neck-and-neck title race, taking down last season's reigning champions (by a 20-point margin) despite losing their two biggest stars from the previous campaign (Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Victor Osimhen).
Napoli achieved this with great defense, team spirit, and timely goal contributions from oft-disrespected standouts Romelu Lukaku and Scott McTominay of Manchester United fame. It was another title win for the ages for Conte, who had won Serie A just four years before with Lukaku and Inter.
Even though Tottenham have no Premier League titles to Conte's one Premier League triumph and now five Scudetti, there is always going to be a sense of schadenfreude from Spurs supporters with the inevitable Conte blowup. At Inter, Conte won Serie A but didn't last any longer than that due to their plan to sell amidst financial issues. Inter would reach the Champions League Final and win Serie A within the next three years, while Conte made a fool of himself at Tottenham, publicly leaving the club with meltdown after meltdown.
Antonio Conte can't build a steady winner
Once again, it appears history is repeating itself, as Fabrizio Romano is reporting of a meeting between Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis and Conte to determine his future. This meeting comes amidst rumors that Conte will leave Napoli again - rumors that began during the 2024/25 season. Conte is even being linked with a return to Juventus, where he is a club legend as a player and coach after leading the Bianconeri back to the summit of Serie A after the Calciopoli scandal.
For Tottenham, Conte's one-and-done at Napoli would be a last laugh to the manager who essentially did nothing but rip them apart while he was in North London. Conte may have won the Serie A title, but he's already going to be out the door after just one season. Meanwhile, as horrible as Tottenham were in the Premier League this year, they did win the Europa League and can at least poke fun at Conte, noting that even if he somehow won anything with Spurs, he would have never been able to build something sustainable.
Because clubs like Tottenham and Napoli aren't after winning a title here and there every 10-20 years. The key is finding a coach you can build a consistent winner around. Conte, for all his accomplishments, clearly hasn't been that since his days at Juve, so Spurs won't feel that they missed out on him at all, even though he won a league title immediately in his first season after leaving Spurs (and a 2023/24 hiatus). And by the way, unlike Conte, Ange Postecoglou did bring a major trophy to Tottenham.