In the middle of the park, Tanguy Ndombele may be the main man Conte looks towards to make a difference as his midfield general.
But the 24-year-old will likely need to accept Conte’s “disciplinarian” approach as Ferdinand suggests.
The Italian head coach has often been credited with making his teams hard to break down, usually reverting to a back three in defence.
And that may be where his biggest change takes place with Davinson Sanchez and Cristian Romero likely to be his first point of call.
Tottenham haven’t kept a clean sheet in the league since August and Conte may well target talks with the centre-back duo in order to get them back on track.