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Harry Kane: There are no 'bad eggs' at Tottenham – and that’s the secret of our success
Harry Kane believes Tottenham have improved so much this season because there are no “bad eggs” in the squad.
Tottenham are second in the table, five points below leaders Leicester, after losing only three of their 25 League games. Spurs can close the gap to two points this weekend if they win at Manchester City and Leicester are beaten at Arsenal.
There has been a stark difference between Spurs’ performances this season and last. During Mauricio Pochettino’s first campaign in charge, Tottenham conceded 53 league goals.
With 13 games remaining this term, they have let in only 19, which is the best defensive record in the top flight.
Asked about the difference between this season and last, Kane said: “Everyone in this group works hard and is working towards the same thing.
“Even the players who don’t play are still working hard in training and doing all the right things to try to get into the team, which is important.
“If you have one or two bad eggs, it can bring others down others — and we don’t have that. Everyone is fighting for each other and we are in a lot of competitions, so people know they will play games to try to impress the manager. We’ve got to try to keep that belief high.
“It has been another year with the manager, building his philosophy. We had a good pre-season and we have a good bunch of lads.”
Pochettino sanctioned a number of changes to the squad during the summer, which resulted in Aaron Lennon, Etienne Capoue, Paulinho, Younes Kaboul, Vlad Chiriches, Benjamin Stambouli, Lewis Holtby, Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Roberto Soldado all moving on.
Emmanuel Adebayor reached a settlement with the club last September and departed, before joining Crystal Palace during the winter transfer window.
Kane, 22, was careful not to name any team-mate, past or present, when discussing the atmosphere at Tottenham.
But he made it clear that a poor attitude would not be tolerated, either by Pochettino and his staff or the players themselves.
He added: “There are some pretty good players in this squad and everyone is together, which is important.
“There is nobody who doesn’t want to train or who tries to take it easy, because none of the players would let him do that.
“Everyone speaks up and tells each other what is needed to be done to reach the top, which is why we’ve got a great team. Everyone is chipping in and that is all we can ask for.”
Harry Kane: There are no 'bad eggs' at Tottenham – and that’s the secret of our success
Harry Kane believes Tottenham have improved so much this season because there are no “bad eggs” in the squad.
Tottenham are second in the table, five points below leaders Leicester, after losing only three of their 25 League games. Spurs can close the gap to two points this weekend if they win at Manchester City and Leicester are beaten at Arsenal.
There has been a stark difference between Spurs’ performances this season and last. During Mauricio Pochettino’s first campaign in charge, Tottenham conceded 53 league goals.
With 13 games remaining this term, they have let in only 19, which is the best defensive record in the top flight.
Asked about the difference between this season and last, Kane said: “Everyone in this group works hard and is working towards the same thing.
“Even the players who don’t play are still working hard in training and doing all the right things to try to get into the team, which is important.
“If you have one or two bad eggs, it can bring others down others — and we don’t have that. Everyone is fighting for each other and we are in a lot of competitions, so people know they will play games to try to impress the manager. We’ve got to try to keep that belief high.
“It has been another year with the manager, building his philosophy. We had a good pre-season and we have a good bunch of lads.”
Pochettino sanctioned a number of changes to the squad during the summer, which resulted in Aaron Lennon, Etienne Capoue, Paulinho, Younes Kaboul, Vlad Chiriches, Benjamin Stambouli, Lewis Holtby, Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Roberto Soldado all moving on.
Emmanuel Adebayor reached a settlement with the club last September and departed, before joining Crystal Palace during the winter transfer window.
Kane, 22, was careful not to name any team-mate, past or present, when discussing the atmosphere at Tottenham.
But he made it clear that a poor attitude would not be tolerated, either by Pochettino and his staff or the players themselves.
He added: “There are some pretty good players in this squad and everyone is together, which is important.
“There is nobody who doesn’t want to train or who tries to take it easy, because none of the players would let him do that.
“Everyone speaks up and tells each other what is needed to be done to reach the top, which is why we’ve got a great team. Everyone is chipping in and that is all we can ask for.”
