HARRY KANE is in a extremely good place beneath Antonio Conte.
And that can please Spurs followers who worry he might go this summer season after failing to safe a transfer to Manchester City final 12 months.
But per week might be a very long time at Tottenham, not to mention 12 video games till the tip of the season.
The star striker says the take a look at of the place Spurs are at is the place they end — NOT simply beating Everton 5-0.
Kane’s double in that Toffees thrashing on Monday put them three factors behind fourth-placed rivals Arsenal — with the north London derby nonetheless to play.
It additionally took his total Prem tally to 176 targets, one above Gunners hero Thierry Henry within the division’s all-time highest scorers chart.
Kane, who has 20 Spurs strikes this season in all competitions, mentioned: “I’m in an excellent place. I’m 28 now, I really feel like bodily I’m in a extremely good place.
“I really feel mentally, my recreation understanding and consciousness on the pitch is at a excessive degree from simply gaining expertise through the years.
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“There are 12 video games left and nonetheless loads of alternatives for factors. It’s all the way down to being extra constant.
“We have had some nice video games however we have now additionally had some disappointing video games as nicely.
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“I suppose we’ll see over the following 12 video games the place we’re as a workforce and the place we’re as a squad. Where we end within the league would be the final take a look at. We are searching for enchancment in all areas. We are positively not the completed article but.
“It is essential that we perceive that and have the mindset for that — in any other case on this league you might be punished. Antonio has positively given me extra strings to my bow.
“I’m at all times somebody who tries to enhance. When I’m 35, 36, I’ll nonetheless be attempting to enhance. That’s my mindset.
“But it’s good to be scoring targets, profitable video games and serving to the workforce. It’s about working onerous, retaining my head down. There’s at all times stuff I can enhance on, whether or not it’s ending, hold-up play, passing. That’s what I’ll proceed to do.
“But I feel like there’s more and more to come. And I’m excited for that.”
Spurs, in seventh, journey to fifth-placed Manchester United on Saturday. The Red Devils are simply two factors above Tottenham, who’ve two matches in hand.
Asked if Spurs have been now again within the race for the highest 4, Kane mentioned: “Yeah, I don’t assume we are able to conceal away from the actual fact. We can’t maintain saying ‘we’re studying, we’re bettering’.
“We’re there, we’re in amongst it. All we’ve received to do is be extra constant. Games like Everton will certainly assist.
“It was an excellent recreation all spherical, with and with out the ball. Numerous stuff we’ve been engaged on with the supervisor labored nicely.
“We punished them and stored a clear sheet. It’s about feeling that strain.
“If we want to move forward as a team, it’s about taking responsibility and we can’t hide away from it.”
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