I've said before that his emotional and reactive nature wasn't all positive.
His ideal job would be in a role like Sir Alex Ferguson, but with the additional coaching aspect. He would be the Messiah and oversee everything; coaching, transfers, the scouting network. But in Italy it's virtually impossible to have that model, especially with our influential board and owners, plus the need for us to safeguard our finances. Conte seemed to want to push his limits and run it like a fan would, so something was always going to give.
There are plenty of people here who talk about paying what teams ask, taking that risk, but in the end those people also know diddly squat about running a financially viable football club. We will pay those top fees when it fits our model, and it was never going to be this season. Several of us have been saying this for a long time, the club have said it for years, so it's been plainly obvious to Conte what the parameters are. We have brought a lot of good players in for our budget and would continue doing that without being forced to overpay.