Tottenham sports chief Fabio Paratici has confirmed talks with former Inter Milan coach Antonio Conte.
Spurs named Nuno as new manager last week.
Paratici told Sky Italia: “We did some interviews as it always happens and in the end we picked Nuno Espirito Santo.
“He is a coach with great experience in England, he had four great seasons at Wolverhampton, so we picked him.
“We spoke to Conte, but you never speak to only one coach. The same happened with Gattuso, people rushed a little bit saying the deals were done. In Italy, a contact automatically means the deal is done, here there is more tranquillity."
