Antonio Conte is suffering in silence after a traumatic season in which Tottenham's manager has said goodbye to three friends, but his assistant Cristian Stellini says he is as determined as ever to energise his club.
This season Conte has had to deal with the deaths of Tottenham's fitness coach Gian Piero Ventrone at the age of 62, friend Sinisa Mihajlovic at 53, and now former teammate Gianluca Vialli at 58.
Stellini took Tottenham's press conference yesterday as Conte came to terms with the Vialli news and said: 'Antonio is a tough man.