Ange Postecoglou reveals Harry Kane aim as Tottenham look to spread the wealth

Kane near the nine conscionable weeks into Postecoglou tenure, during the summertime of 2023, having go Tottenham’s all-time grounds scorer with 280 goals from 435 matches during his 19 years astatine the club.

The England skipper near to triumph silverware, having 3 times mislaid finals with Spurs - doubly successful the Carabao Cup and erstwhile successful the Champions League. Postecoglou, whose broadside finished 5th past play and presently beryllium eighth this term, has acceptable astir trying to dispersed the goals astir wrong the Tottenham squad.

In Kane’s absence, Heung-min Son was made captain, portion the likes of Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, and much recently, Brennan Johnson person shared goals astir the team, on with Kane’s replacement Dominic Solanke.

Asked if helium hopes to marque Spurs a stronger squad than during Kane’s spell, Postecoglou replied: “That’s the aim! Don’t get maine wrong, if Harry was present I’d beryllium a very, precise blessed manager. We’d find a mode to acceptable him in.

“But you are close — portion of him leaving is that accidental for radical to grow. And we’re inactive successful that phase. There’s much that the guys person successful them. I support saying that immoderate of them person a truly precocious ceiling.

Once I tin cajole and person them to conscionable support going, don’t beryllium afraid, don’t fearfulness nonaccomplishment and stumble, disapproval and scrutiny.

Ange Postecoglou connected the Spurs squad

“Some of them are inactive trying to instrumentality their caput up a small spot much each time. Then you person a show similar [against Crystal] Palace and you consciousness similar ‘Nah, they are going to cower again and not basal up adjacent further.’

“But you request to spell done those experiences. I tin decidedly spot that growth. Once I tin cajole and person them to conscionable support going, don’t beryllium afraid, don’t fearfulness nonaccomplishment and stumble, disapproval and scrutiny.

“There is that accidental for america and it’s the lone mode we’ll go the squad we privation to be. We won’t bash that by bringing successful different Harry. Those players are rare. For america it’s going to person to beryllium a corporate effort to get to wherever we privation to.”