Spurs summer signing opens up on struggles when he first joined the club
Clement Lenglet has admitted that his lack of English was a problem when he initially made the switch to Tottenham in the summer. Lenglet has shown some glimpses of his quality since joining on-loan from Barcelona in the summer, with the Frenchman sharing the left centre-back role with Ben Davies so far this season. However, […]
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Clement Lenglet has admitted that his lack of English was a problem when he initially made the switch to Tottenham in the summer.
Lenglet has shown some glimpses of his quality since joining on-loan from Barcelona in the summer, with the Frenchman sharing the left centre-back role with Ben Davies so far this season.
However, the 27-year-old is still in the process of adapting to a new league and a new way of playing, and his part in Newcastle’s second goal on Sunday perhaps demonstrated how far he still has to go, with the defender being skinned by Miguel Almiron before the Magpies star converted past Hugo Lloris.
Lenglet has admitted that one of the biggest challenges he initially faced had to do with the language barrier.
He told The Guardian: “I didn’t speak English when I came … a few words.”
In the interview, Lenglet also spoke about the difference between the kind of pressure at Barcelona and Spurs, admitting that the media scrutiny is larger at Camp Nou.
He added: “When you are in this type of club [Barcelona], you know that every day you have a lot of pressure. You have to accept it.
“Here at Tottenham, we put ourselves under pressure because we want to grow and the media is putting more pressure on because they see we can be a really good team.
“It’s not really different to Barcelona. Of course, in Barcelona, every day you have something different. But I didn’t go out of Barcelona for this reason.”
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I do not think we have seen enough of Lenglet to judge him fully yet. The Frenchman is still getting adjusted to a new environment and we will know better during the second half of the season if he is at the required level to take us where Conte wants to.
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