Jamie O'Hara has suggested that Antonio Conte's time at Tottenham Hotspur could be up if he does not change his ways.

What’s the word?

The Spurs manager has come under fire with his side struggling for form and putting in underwhelming performances, and the Italian's stubbornness over tactics and selections has been criticised.

Speaking on TalkSport, O'Hara slammed Conte's attitude, with his constant negative comments in the media helping to create a toxic environment, and said that he should leave the club if he did not show more adaptability to change.

He said: "I don't think he's giving out the right message to the media in the way he talks about the players and he talks about the team.

"What's he like at the training ground with his meetings and the way he's talking? If the players have lost confidence that he believes in them, because he obviously doesn't, because he's coming out and saying that he hasn't even got 14 players to pick from.

"If he's coming out and saying that, what's his messages across in training, in team meetings? And I think the message is that the players have lost belief in him and he's lost belief in them. And if that doesn't change quickly, then he's going to have to go.

"I thought his interview yesterday was a bit of a disgrace. He's talking about we've got to do this, and we've got to spend money - I get that, everyone's got to invest. But I also look at it and go, well, you're just putting the blame on the board."

Patience running out?

Conte's contract runs out in the summer, and there has been much speculation over whether he will stay at the club or depart at the end of the campaign.

It is clear that the club will need to spend big to bring the players he wants to convince him to stay, but given his comments as well as the current performances, patience may run out at Spurs in terms of how much more uncertainty they can deal with.

If performances do not improve and Conte refuses to commit his future to the club, the Spurs board may even consider making a change sooner rather than later to help prepare them for the long-term beyond Conte's tenure instead of signing players requested by the Italian.