Conte himself said he isn't used to aiming for 4th. We have been gaslighted for years into thinking that is the most we could ever hope for
Exactly this. It seems we are at one of the watershed moments , when even Levy puts the football first. Conte is frustrating because Pochettino was so evidently in love(just like us) that Levy could string him along. Conte is a top pro there's no COYS with him. He's like a hitman dispassionate about the club caring only he has the tools (and fee) for the hit. He cares for his own reputation and he has zero intrest in letting Levy 's parsimony hang a 'loser' 'bottler' tag round his neck. He goes where he gets to compete for titles
.Poch was a fantastic coach gaslight into putting concerns about budget before his own reputation. The man should have threatened to leave the season we came third unless EPL ready players (Mane, Wynaldim ) were added you build from strength not necessity, its how you win . It's what Conte is about to do be it from 5th or 4th, because we would have been 8th without him. We should all be cheering his strops because it will at last get us what we have longed for.
And not threatening to leave just before the most important match in our history