Who could have seen this coming?
Antonio Conte complaining over his own club's transfer activity. My world has been rocked, reality has been warped, and football will never be the same again.
You have got to feel sympathy for Spurs. How could they have predicted this eventuality? It's not like there was an obvious example of Conte acting like this before at a major Premier League club.
It is hard from a Chelsea perspective not to revel in a bit of schadenfreude here. Not only because the rest of the Premier League can embrace their inner "I told you so", but particularly from those at Stamford Bridge who have experienced all this before.
Conte's latest comments appear to suggest that after spending a month crying for new signings, which Spurs gave him, he believes his squad are now in a weaker position.
"What happened in January is not easy," Conte told Sky Italia in an exclusive interview.
"Four players left in January. Four important players for Tottenham, two have arrived. So even numerically, instead of strengthening, you may have on paper weakened."
This all rings familiar to Chelsea's January transfer window of 2018 during a miserable campaign where Conte's behind the scenes friction with the hierarchy appeared to seep into a dismal run of league form after Christmas.
Conte got his wish that January, Chelsea buying him a new striker in Olivier Giroud from Arsenal and wingback Emerson Palmieri from Roma.
Although Giroud would turn out to be a wonderful addition beyond Conte's tenure, the Italian's action to start with no traditional striker away to Manchester City in an embarrassing display contradicted his public stance over the winter window.
That followed a disastrous summer where Chelsea failed to sign several of their first-choice targets, missing out on Romelu Lukaku and paying Real Madrid £60m for Alvaro Morata, a player who would be sold back to La Liga two years later.
Conte's combustible temperament soured a greatly blossoming relationship at Chelsea after a miraculous title win in his first season.
"I've always said that I have to feel only one per cent the possibility to win the league," Conte said. "Here, it is strange because maybe I feel the one per cent possibility to finish fourth.
These comments come after a run of three successive league defeats to Chelsea, Southampton and Wolves.
It is quite ironic Conte has publicly tried to make out a top-four battle is beneath him based on his previous title-winning credentials.
When he was in one with Chelsea in the 2017/18 season, he completely failed, taking the bulk of a title-winning squad from first to fifth, missing out on Champions League qualification.
This all vindicates Chelsea's decision to not act this past January in a market that did not feel fruitful. Emerson, bought under Conte, was the only player likely to come in as the club failed to recall him from his loan with Lyon.
But the lack of spending in January will now hopefully make way for a more glamorous summer where Tuchel's major targets can be acquired with coach and hierarchy appearing to be on the same page.
Conte was incredible for one season, then miserable the next.
It appears it's only taken him three months to get to the miserable stage at Spurs, and none of us is remotely surprised.
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