Tottenham Hotspur have pulled out of talks with Antonio Conte to take over as their coach, according to the Daily Telegraph.

Earlier in the week it looked like Conte was ready to take the Spurs job, fresh from leading Inter Milan to the Serie A title last season.

Reports in Italy have suggested that Conte was starting to have doubts over his transfer budget, with sources telling ESPN that Harry Kane‘s future was a key topic of discussion.

Conte won the Premier League with Chelsea in 2016-17 but was sacked a year later after winning the FA Cup and finishing fifth. Before that he won Serie A three times as Juventus coach and took Italy to the quarterfinals of Euro 2016.

Despite the apparent collapse of talks with Conte, Fabrizio Romano reports that former Juventus sporting director Fabio Paratici will still join Tottenham as new director of football.

With Conte’s arrival an apparent no-go, Mauricio Pochettino could still leave Paris Saint-Germain with interest from former club Tottenham, according to Le10Sport. The Argentine manager has been at the heart of speculation and was reportedly keen on a return to North London, but the French outlet believe the manager’s entourage is in contact with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy.

Source: espn.com