By Andrew Abah, ABUJA
Premiership side, Tottenham Hotspur have sacked head coach, Nuno Espirito Santo less than five months after being appointed.
According to Sky in Italy, Former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte, who Spurs targeted before appointing Nuno in the summer, has been offered an 18-month deal by Tottenham and will fly into London for face-to-face talks on Monday.
Negotiations with the Italian, who has been out of work since leaving Inter Milan in the summer, are understood to be in their final stages.
Tottenham is eighth in the Premier League, 10 points off leaders Chelsea, after the 3-0 home defeat to Manchester United on Saturday.
Nuno, 47, signed a two-year contract in June following a protracted search to find Jose Mourinho’s successor, with his tenure lasting just beyond four months and a total of only 17 games.
