Antonio Conte has been handed a major boost ahead of the upcoming transfer window, with the Tottenham Hotspur boss keen to build upon an exciting debut campaign in charge. Daniel Levy could gift the Italian boss a war chest worth at least £310.5million, following a £150m cash injection into the north London outfit from owners ENIC.
ENIC, owned by 85-year-old Joe Lewis, who is worth £4.3bn according to the latest Forbes figures, have agreed a capital increase of up to £150m with Spurs. The club announced that 'the equity injection provides the Premier League Club with greater financial flexibility and the ability to further invest on and off the pitch'.
football.london understands that the majority of that £150m will be put towards backing Conte in the transfer market this summer in order to help him build a team that can challenge at the top of the Premier League and in the Champions League next season. On top of that, Spurs will have the extra projected revenue from playing in Europe's top-club competition next season and also the funds generated by player sales.
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That means Conte and Tottenham's managing director of football Fabio Paratici will have a huge transfer war chest to play with this summer. So, football.london has broken that down and devised exactly how much Spurs could be working with on top of ENIC's £150m boost.
Premier League prize money - £121.4m
Nearly half of the Premier League's television revenue is evenly distributed between the 20 clubs. Each side received around £84m for the 2020/21 campaign last season.
Around a quarter is then used as merit payments. Tottenham, who finished fourth, raked in £37.4m worth of Premier League prize money. Arsenal, who finished fifth, received £35.2m. Chelsea, who finished third, received £39.6m.
So, assuming that each club receives a similar amount for merely competing, plus the prize money for placement, Tottenham will rake in £121.4m from their Premier League endeavours.
Champions League qualification - £13.4m
By just reaching the Champions League group stage, a club will earn €15.64m (£13.4m). Then, each victory in the group stage is worth €2.8m (£2.4m), meaning there is a total of €16.8m (£14.4m) up for grabs across the six games.
There is also a €9.9m (£8.5m) prize pool for any club that finishes in the top two places in their group and qualify for the last 16. And, as each round passes by, prize money is accumulated.
By Tottenham merely finishing top-four, the north Londoners will head into the summer window with at least £13.4m in Champions League royalties.
Player sales - at least £25.7m
Steven Bergwijn has struggled for game time under Antonio Conte at Tottenham, which isn't being helped by the solid form of Dejan Kulusevski, Son Heung-min and Harry Kane. The winger made 29 appearances this season, scoring four goals and registering two assists, but has started in just four Premier League games.
Bergwijn was linked with a move away from Tottenham during the January transfer window, but remained in N17. His appearances from the bench were arguably brighter than those of Lucas Moura, yet the Brazilian still seemed to get the nod ahead of the 24-year-old. The Netherlands international is valued at £25.7m by CIES Football Observatory, which could be a nice windfall.
Total - at least £310.5m
The Telegraph claim that Conte wants as many as six arrivals this window; a centre-back, a right wing-back, two midfielders, a forward and a back-up goalkeeper. The Spurs boss told Sky Sport Italia in February: "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."
In April, though, the Italian boss appeared to dial things back a little, stressing the impact of the two new signings, Rodrigo Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevski. Conte said: “I said that with these two players, despite that we lost four players in January, with these two new signings we made this squad more complete, with more balance.
"I think that it’s very important in football to have a clear idea and to have a good vision. Because in this way, the situation is more simple."
