^*^ Spurs’ Antonio Conte focused on present but wants squad backup in January

• Italian looking to Champions League last 16 with Sporting win
• ‘I think the club understand importance of bringing in players’

Antonio Conte has insisted his focus at Tottenham is on the present after he refused to be drawn on plans for the January transfer window.

Spurs host Sporting in the Champions League on Wednesday knowing victory in the Group D fixture would send them through to the last 16. They enter the match following back-to-back defeats and with injuries piling up, which led Conte to ask whether a busy winter market could be key to a strong second half of the campaign.

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