Harry Kane hails Tottenham's transfer for 'implausible' Antonio Conte and urges his workforce 'to take it in and do extra' to kick-start their season in an indication the Spurs captain sees a future on the membership
- Tottenham's Antonio Conte period started with a gritty 3-2 win over Vitesse
- Captain Harry Kane has since expressed his delight at Conte's arrival
- He has urged his team-mates to take advantage of working with such a coach
Harry Kane has thrown his weight behind new boss Antonio Conte's regime at Tottenham.
Conte's reign received off to a profitable begin on Thursday night time as Spurs defeated Vitesse Arnhem 3-2 within the Convention League throughout a chaotic night time that additionally noticed three gamers despatched off.
Kane tried to depart Tottenham in the summertime having grown disillusioned with the membership's ambition.
However Sportsmail revealed this week that the arrival of Conte as sacked Nuno Espirito Santo's successor has come as a significant increase to Kane, offering some hope the England captain might but have a long-term future on the membership.
And in an additional signal of encouragement, Kane has spoken glowingly of Conte's appointment, saying: '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 as players, taking it in, learning, doing more on the pitch, doing more in training, doing more away from training - whether it is recovery or anything like that.
'We have a manager and a club that believe in us and the disappointment definitely shows that.
'It has only been three days but 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 is down to us as players to have no excuses.
'He definitely brings a lot of passion, a lot of determination, whether that's on the coaching pitch or in conferences, within the dressing room.'
Kane has had a troublesome begin to the season, scoring simply as soon as within the Premier League.
However the England captain insists he isn't overly involved by his kind, including: 'I am a player that always believes in myself and always believes in my ability.
'I am 28 years old, I have still got a lot to learn, a lot to improve on. It's not been the start I wanted, the team wanted or the club wanted so we all know that.
'We all have to take responsibility for that as players. It is not something I am worried about, I will keep working and I am really excited about working with this manager.
'I am sure he can improve me and that is an exciting thing. When you have done what I have done in the game so far and still feel like there is more to come, that is definitely exciting so I am looking forward to it.'