HARRY KANE has admitted that Tottenham lost some key club values following the departure of former manager Mauricio Pochettino.
Tottenham have struggled to compete at the top of the Premier League in recent years amid the club’s ever-changing managerial structure.
Since Pochettino’s departure in 2019, five different managers have taken charge of the Lilywhites – but none of them have been able to lead the club to silverware.
Jose Mourinho was appointed following Pochettino’s dismissal, but he lasted less that 18 months in the job before being sacked.
Former Tottenham midfielder Ryan Mason then took over temporarily until Nuno Espirito Santo was named as the club’s new boss in June 2021.
The ex-Wolves manager was at the helm for just five months before he was replaced by Antonio Conte, who was sacked last month.
Conte’s right-hand man Cristian Stellini became Tottenham’s interim manager following the Italian’s departure, but he was dismissed after just four games following the club’s shocking 6-1 defeat to Newcastle.
Mason is now in charge of the first team once again until Spurs chiefs appoint a new permanent manager.
But Kane has admitted that one reason for the club’s disappointing run of form is that they have lost some core values amid the repeated chopping and changing of managers.
When speaking to Sky Sports, the striker was questioned about how Tottenham could improve.
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He answered: “They are conversations that need to be had toward the end of the season.
“I feel like we lost a bit of what the values are at this club over the last few years.
“It’s about finding a way to get back on the same page again and obviously even with the fans as well.
“The fans were great (against Manchester United) on Thursday, getting behind us and being with us and Ryan and having that relationship.
“I’m not going to express it all here but there are conversations that we’re open to having because ultimately we all want to improve and get better. That goes from the top right through the club and that’s our aim.”
Kane became Tottenham’s all-time top goalscorer in February when he led Spurs to a 1-0 win over Manchester City.
The striker developed a close relationship with Pochettino when the pair worked together at Spurs.
When asked about the club’s Pochettino era, he said: “Yeah I think whenever you have a good moment as a team, I think we had three or four really good years when we were competing at the very top and that was without spending loads of money.
“We had a really good mixture of young and experienced players. It’s impossible in football to click your fingers and go back to the good times and say ‘let’s go back to what it was’, because every season and every situation is different.
“But I feel like there were some values at that time and some culture that really made us achieve the things we did.
“So maybe we’ve lost parts of that over the last few years and it’s about looking back at that and seeing the good things we can take from that and trying to implement that in the future.”
Tottenham are currently competing for a place in the Champions League.
The Lilywhites sit fifth in the Premier League table, six points behind fourth-placed Man Utd.
They are set to face Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
