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O'Hara fires furious warning at Spurs chairman Levy over Conte future

Former Tottenham midfielder Jamie O'Hara has fired a furious warning at chairman Daniel Levy over the prospect of losing manager Antonio Conte.

O'Hara has warned Levy about the potential fallout of the Italian walking away and how his early departure would also put off fellow "world-class" managers.

"If Conte goes, it's a disaster for Spurs because he's the best manager we've had in so many years - probably the best manager we've had in the Premier League years and we've broken him already," the former Tottenham midfielder told Grosvenor Sport.

"He's only been there three-and-a-half months and he looks broken. So, if he leaves, there's gonna be protests and a massive fallout with Daniel Levy.

"I guess all the fans will want Daniel Levy out, and that's been a thing for a while. The issue with that is Daniel Levy ain't gonna leave, I just can't see Daniel Levy leaving the football club.

"He's a businessman, he's turned Tottenham into a world-renowned business with a £1billion stadium, so I just can't see him walking away from what he sees, and the fans will have to suffer that situation.

"Someone else will probably come in but it ain't gonna be Antonio Conte's standard. I think it didn't think it put [managers] off when Mourinho got sacked because Mourinho wasn't doing great and I think we got Mourinho at the wrong time of his career.

"But Antonio Conte, we got at the peak of his powers, at the peak of his moments as a manager and we've almost broken him as a world-class manager.

"And I think it will put off every other world-class manager, who will then go, 'nah, I ain't going to Spurs, I ain't going there, no chance'. It's a graveyard for managers."

While a coach of Conte's calibre seems unobtainable mid-season, the question over who could be next in the Spurs hot seat still looms - not that O'Hara will be interested until next season.

"I don't care! If we lose Antonio Conte, I swear I don't care," he vowed. "Honestly, we've got the best manager we've ever had, I don't wanna be asking questions about who's gonna come in.

"No way, I don't care. I won't watch Spurs again this season if he walks. I'm being serious, I'll have had enough of Spurs.

"It's ridiculous to even talk about having a new manager when you've just got the best manager we've ever had and three-and-a-half months later, he wants to walk away."

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