Sources: PSG plot move for Conte after new Tottenham twist
Paris Saint-Germain are actively monitoring Antonio Conte’s future at Tottenham as they line up a move, Football Insider understands.
PSG manager Mauricio Pochettino has been widely tipped to leave the French giants in the coming month amid links with a potential move to Manchester United.
A French source has told Football Insider that the Champions League giants are considering replacements for Pochettino and Conte is high on their target list.
Zinedine Zidane has been mentioned as a leading candidate to replace Pochettino but he is thought to be in no rush to move to PSG and is waiting to see if the France national team comes up.
As a result, PSG are keeping tabs on Conte as they would want to make a high-profile appointment.
Conte, who took the helm at Tottenham in November following the sacking of Nuno Espirito Santo, has made it publicly clear he is frustrated at the club’s failure to back him fully in last month’s transfer window.
The former Chelsea, Juventus and Inter Milan boss is eyeing a swift exit, the source added, amid fears he does not feel he is getting the right backing in north London.
Conte only signed a short-term deal at Tottenham until 2023 when he took over and PSG believe he could be lured away from the Premier League with the right project in the French capital.
He told Sky Italia, via BBC Sport yesterday (17 February) that his squad was weakened during the January window as four players left and Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur arrived from Juventus.
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