‘Shows great ambition’ – Harry Kane hails Spurs appointment of Conte
Harry Kane has praised Tottenham for showing ‘great ambition’ by appointing Antonio Conte as the club’s new manager, but claims it is now up to the players to deliver success on the pitch. Conte was hired as Nuno Espirito Santo’s replacement at Spurs on Tuesday and oversaw his first match in charge of the club […]
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Harry Kane has praised Tottenham for showing ‘great ambition’ by appointing Antonio Conte as the club’s new manager, but claims it is now up to the players to deliver success on the pitch.
Conte was hired as Nuno Espirito Santo’s replacement at Spurs on Tuesday and oversaw his first match in charge of the club on Thursday – a 3-2 win over Vitesse Arnhem in the Europa Conference League.
Kane, who notched an assist in the encounter, looked much perkier and up for the fight after what has been a tough opening few months of the campaign.
Much has been made of the England captain and his performances so far this season after a summer transfer saga in which he sought an exit to Manchester City.
However, in his first Tottenham interview with the media in over a year, Kane has revealed his excitement to be working under Conte, and has praised Spurs for managing to secure such a coveted head coach.
He said (via the Evening Standard): “It shows great ambition, to be honest. His resume speaks for itself. Everyone knows how highly thought of he is and what he has done as a manager in the game. You have to respect that.
“He will work as hard as he can to improve us as players but it is about us taking it in, learning, doing more on the pitch, doing more in training, doing more away from training.
“And making sure we give ourselves every opportunity to win. We have a manager and a club that believe in us and this appointment definitely shows that.
Kane has also backed the former Chelsea boss to help the club reverse its fortunes on the pitch, but admitted the players have ‘no excuses’ not to achieve that, with the onus now on them to deliver.
He added: “He is a fantastic manager. We haven’t reached the standards we have wanted to over the last couple of years, but we hope that this manager can help us turn it around.
“But it’s about us and how we take it in – because he has done it, he has nothing to prove. He has done it on the biggest stage with the biggest teams, so he will give us everything he has to improve us and now it’s down to us as players to have no excuses.
“We have to make sure every minute of our lives we are trying to improve and win for this team and that is the only way we are going to move forward.”
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Hopefully, Conte’s appointment can whip the entire club into shape, after what has been a tricky few months.
Kane will know more than anyone that there has been a significant underachievement going on, but now is the time to change that with a manager of this calibre at the helm.
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