Tottenham confirm Antonio Conte's coaching staff - including role for Ryan Mason

Tottenham have confirmed six appointments to new manager Antonio Conte’s coaching staff, including a permanent first-team role for Ryan Mason.

Mason briefly served as interim head coach at the end of last season following the dismissal of Jose Mourinho but returned to his previous role as head of player development at youth level.

The 30-year-old former Spurs midfielder will now be a permanent member of Conte’s backroom team and is the only one of the six appointments that has been promoted from within.

The club has additionally confirmed that Conte and his incoming staff have all received the relevant work permits in time to take charge of Thursday’s Conference League match against Vitesse Arnhem.

Cristian Stellini joins as Conte’s assistant manager. He first worked with the new Spurs boss at Juventus a decade ago and was part of the staff at Inter last season as the club won Serie A.

Gianluca Conte is Antonio’s brother and long-term confidant. He arrives as Spurs’ new technical and analytical coach and has worked under his brother since 2009, taking in spells at Bari, Siena, Juventus, Chelsea, Inter and the Italian national team during that time.

Conte has long put an emphasis on the physical side of the game, demanding a high intensity from his teams. As such, he has brought three fitness coaches to north London - Costantino Coratti, Gian Piero Ventrone and Stefano Bruno.

All three have longstanding working relationships with Conte. Coratti and Bruno have both been part of his coaching teams before, while Ventrone first worked alongside Conte the player as a fitness and conditioning coach at Juventus in the mid-1990s.

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