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      Antonio Conte begs Harry Kane to sign new Tottenham deal NOW and help him lead Spurs to trophies at last

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      ANTONIO CONTE wants Harry Kane to sign a new deal at Tottenham NOW.The England captain has less than two years left on his current deal and Conte is hopeful he will agree new terms.
      Tottenham boss Antonio Conte is desperate for Harry Kane to sign a new contractCredit: Getty
      England skipper Kane has two years left to run on his current deal in North LondonCredit: Getty
      Having tried to force his way out of the club and secure a move to Manchester City 12 months ago and seeing fresh links with Bayern Munich this summer, Conte says Kane is happy again in North London.
      And the Italian boss thinks that is down to the direction the club are heading in under his management.
      Spurs will return to the Champions League next month and are third in the Premier League table heading into Wednesday’s London derby against West Ham.
      Asked if now was the ideal time for Kane to put pen to paper, Conte said: “Yeah, the perfect time but you know very well that you create the perfect time with a project.
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      “If also the player understands that there is a right process, that everybody is going in the same direction, I think every single player wants to see this.
      “And I think that Harry for sure is happy because he is seeing this type of situation.
      “There is a vision, there is a direction and there is a unity to try to improve the team to be the team at the level of his expectations.”
      Conte is keen to see his star man agree a new deal and put to bed any talk of leaving again that may come over the next two years.
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      However, the England striker – who scored his 200th goal in English league football at Nottingham Forest on Sunday – may be reluctant to do so before his manager does.
      Conte is out of contract at the end of the season and is always reluctant to signal his commitment to a long-term project.
      For now, he is just pleased that Kane is happy.
      The former Chelsea boss added: “My opinion is only one of a million opinions [trying] to force the club, to tell the club ‘sign a new contract for Harry Kane’.
      “Because we are talking about a world-class striker and a player who in this moment is the most representative player for Tottenham, no?
      “For sure I would like him to sign a new contract.
      “In this moment, for me it is very important to see him happy, totally involved with this season, this project and in what we are doing. For me this is the most important.
      “Then it’s a decision that the player and the club have to take.”
      Conte was coy on any new incomings for Spurs before Thursday’s transfer deadline.
      The Tottenham boss has held talks with chairman Daniel Levy and managing director Fabio Paritici to make his stance clear but says it will be “okay” if they do not add further.
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      Conte said: “I spoke with the club, with Paritici and Daniel Levy and told them my opinion.
      “The most important thing is they know that. If we do something or not, it’s okay.” More

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      Antonio Conte has no worries over Son Heung-min’s goalless form and is surprised by questions over South Korean star

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      ANTONIO CONTE has no worries over the form of Son Heung-min – and says it is a mark of how well things are going at Tottenham that any concerns are being raised at all.Son shared the Premier League Golden Boot with Liverpool’s Mo Salah last term after blasting 23 goals.
      Antonio Conte’s Tottenham have taken seven points from nine so far this seasonCredit: Getty
      Son Heung-min was the Premier League’s joint-top scorer last seasonCredit: GETTY
      But the South Korean is yet to get off the mark this term and has been relatively quiet, for his sky-high standards, in Spurs’ opening three games of the season.
      He hit the post against Wolves last Saturday but was taken off in the 76th minute for Richarlison.
      Spurs won that game thanks to a Harry Kane header and have taken seven points from a possible nine so far going into Sunday’s trip to Nottingham Forest.
      And Conte pointed to Kane as an example of how form is temporary and class is permanent, after the England captain went through a much-longer barren spell in the first half of last term.
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      The Tottenham boss said: “Sonny is enjoying his football every day. 
      “To think he is enjoying it more or less just because of one goal, it is ridiculous. We are trying to create a problem when the problem is not there. 
      “I’m seeing the same player that I knew in November when I arrived in Tottenham.
      “A good guy who has a great commitment and a great attitude.
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      “But if we have seven points and you are complaining about Sonny and when he is good, I think we can do good things!
      “For me, Sonny is playing a good game. He’s not scoring, but it can happen. It happened last season with Harry Kane. Now Harry has scored twice and we are happy.”
      Son will hope to get off the mark at the City Ground and help maintain Spurs’ fine start to the campaign. 

      It is highly unlikely Conte would bench him, but one player who is hoping just to make it into the matchday squad is Djed Spence.
      The £12.5million summer signing from Middlesbrough won promotion from the Championship on loan at Forest last term.
      Yet he has not even been included in the 18 for the last two fixtures against Wolves and Chelsea.
      Spence, 22, could return to the bench against Forest with Lucas Moura and Bryan Gil both injury doubts for the game. Cristian Romero and Oliver Skipp are both definitely out.
      On England Under-21 starlet Spence, Conte added: “I was very clear at the start when I said this signing is a really good prospect, he’s a young player. 
      “This signing, the club wanted to invest in this player.
      “The difference is clear. To play in the Championship with Nottingham Forest and then with Tottenham, he needs time to adapt himself in many aspects, in the physical aspect and the tactical aspect because now he is working with another coach.
      “I’m seeing a lot of desire, a lot of will, from this player to try to reduce this gap and to be ready.
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      “With a young player, it’s important to have patience, to work and then to improve. I’m sure Djed for the future will be an important player for Tottenham.”
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      Serge Aurier set to complete free transfer to Nottingham Forest on one-year contract and become 17th summer arrival

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      NOTTINGHAM FOREST are set to sign former Tottenham full-back Serge Aurier on a one-year-deal, according to reports.Aurier, 29, joined Villarreal in a free transfer from Spurs last October, but he was limited to just 19 LaLiga appearances due to various injury issues.
      Aurier is set to join Nottingham ForestCredit: Getty
      He was released by the Spanish side when his contract expired in June and has since failed to find another club.
      However, he could now be set for a return to the Premier League.
      According to L’Equipe, the right-back is expected to join Nottingham Forest in a free transfer.
      He will sign a one-year deal with the option to extend for a further season.
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      Aurier, who made 77 Premier League appearances during his four-year spell with Tottenham, will become Forest’s 17th signing of the summer.
      Steve Cooper made him a transfer target after summer signing Omar Richards sustained a hairline fracture of the leg during a pre-season friendly last month.
      The Forest boss believes the Ivory Coast international will bring much needed experience to the squad.
      But, he is not stopping there on the transfer front.
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      Nottingham Forest are also in talks to sign sought-after midfielder Houssem Aouar from Lyon.
      Club officials have already agreed personal terms with the Frenchman but they are yet to strike a deal with the Ligue 1 giants.
      Cooper is also pushing to sign Neal Maupay from Prem rivals Brighton.
      The striker has fallen down the pecking order at the Amex with Graham Potter favouring Danny Welbeck in the No.9 spot, so he is open to a move away.
      However, Fulham and Everton are both prepared to hijack an offer. More

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      Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs offload record transfer signings.. no wonder Europe talks of ‘stupid English money’

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      AFTER Arsenal agreed to farm out Nicolas Pepe on loan to Nice, an extraordinary pattern of transfer activity was completed this summer.It meant that Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham and the Gunners have all allowed their club-record signings — who cost a combined £313.5million — to depart without a single penny being recouped in transfer fees.

      Paul Pogba left Manchester United for nothing earlier this summerCredit: GETTY
      Chelsea recently loaned out record signing Romelu LukakuCredit: GETTY
      Arsenal have done the same with flop winger Nicolas PepeCredit: GETTY
      There is little surprise that those four members of England’s ‘Big Six’ have been left trailing in the wake of Manchester City and Liverpool in recent seasons, with such haphazard and shambolic recruitment.
      And no wonder that clubs on the continent talk of ‘stupid English money’, knowing they can fleece filthy-rich Premier League sides in the market.
      First, United’s £89m man Paul Pogba was allowed to leave Old Trafford for Juventus on a free — for a second time — after a largely miserable six-year spell for the French World Cup winner.
      Then Chelsea sent £97.5m Romelu Lukaku back to Inter Milan, after a single season at Stamford Bridge, for a modest loan fee of £7m — so desperate was Thomas Tuchel to get the big Belgian striker out of the building.
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      Last week, Spurs loaned their most expensive recruit, Tanguy Ndombele — a £55m buy from Lyon in 2019 — to Napoli. There is an option, but no obligation, for the Italian club to buy the French midfielder next summer.
      And Pepe’s loan move to Nice completes the set.
      The Ivory Coast winger was a £72m purchase from Lille in 2019, even though Unai Emery insisted he wanted to buy Wilfried Zaha from Crystal Palace instead.
      Nice are paying only half of his £140,000-per-week wages and, again, there is no compulsion for a permanent move.
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      He made just five Premier League starts last term and it was clear that Mikel Arteta wanted rid of a player who was a relic of a previous regime.
      Arteta, unlike predecessor Emery, is in tune with the club’s hierarchy, including recruitment chief Edu, and his side boasts the top flight’s only 100 per cent record.
      Spurs can also argue that they are doing things differently — and more effectively — under Antonio Conte and his fellow Italian, football director Fabio Paratici.
      The deals for Richarlison, Yves Bissouma and Ivan Perisic were decisive and early, with boss Conte unusually content with life and Spurs currently unbeaten.
      Ndombele is a gifted player but, under four Spurs managers — Mauricio Pochettino, Jose Mourinho, Nuno Espirito Santo and Conte — he has shown his talent only fleetingly.
      His final Spurs appearance, before he was loaned to Lyon last January, saw the Frenchman substituted — and loudly booed — with his side 1-0 down at home to Morecambe in the FA Cup.
      Across town at Chelsea, the expensive, scattergun approach continues under new owner Todd Boehly.
      This summer’s £62m deal for Brighton left-back Marc Cucurella, in particular, suggests the Blues are still willing to gamble big.
      United’s long-term status as transfer market mugs is well-documented — 31 different players were signed for £10m or more during Ed Woodward’s eight-year reign and not a single one has been a cast-iron hit.
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      The arrival of defensive midfielder Casemiro from Real Madrid is exactly what United need. Yet the Brazilian is 30, so a fee of up to £70m is staggering.
      No wonder they continue to talk of that ‘stupid English money’.
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      Tottenham in talks with Lazio over a loan switch for outcast Sergio Reguilon – but Fulham also hold an interest

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      TOTTENHAM are in talks with Lazio over a loan move for Sergio Reguilon.But the Serie A outfit also face competition from Fulham, who are also interested in the Spanish left-back.
      Reguilon has played 67 times for Tottenham but is not in Conte’s plansCredit: Getty
      Reguilon, 25, is not part of Antonio Conte’s plans and has been available for transfer all summer.
      Spurs were hoping to sell him permanently but are now open to a loan with the end of the transfer window fast approaching.
      They are in negotiations with Lazio who would like to borrow him with an option to buy.
      SunSport understands newly-promoted Fulham are yet to begin talks but they are keen on the ex-Real Madrid defender.
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      Reguilon, who has six Spain caps, joined from Real two summers ago and has played 67 times for the North Londoners.
      But he has fallen down the pecking order behind Ryan Sessegnon and new arrival Ivan Perisic.
      Reguilon was left behind from the club’s pre-season trips to South Korea and Israel along with fellow outcasts Tanguy Ndombele, Gio Lo Celso and Harry Winks.
      The quartet were all training away from the first team and not involved in any of the matchday squads this season.
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      Ndombele has since joined Napoli on loan while Lo Celso has temporarily returned to Villarreal.
      There is tentative interest from Sampdoria and a few Premier League clubs in Winks but a move is not believed to be close. More

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      Tottenham outcast Harry Winks ready to turn down Sampdoria transfer to stay in Premier League despite Antonio Conte snub

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      HARRY WINKS is determined to stay in the Premier League amid interest from Serie A side Sampdoria.Antonio Conte has confirmed that the English midfielder is not part of his plans for this season.
      Harry WInks does not make part of Antonio Conte’s plans for Spurs this seasonCredit: Getty
      Sampdoria are offering him a way out of England, but it seems that Winks prefers to stay in the Premier League, as reported by the Evening Standard.
      Everton and Leicester are amongst the clubs to have shown interest in the England international, but there have been no concrete negotiations.
      As the last week of the transfer window approaches, Southampton and Nottingham Forest are potential options for Winks.
      Clubs from LaLiga, including Valencia, have also shown interest in Winks, according to Fabrizio Romano.
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      The 26-year-old lost his place in the Spurs first XI following the arrivals of Rodrigo Bentancur and Yves Bissouma and has been training alone throughout pre-season.
      Winks has spent his entire career playing for his boyhood club so far, making his debut with the Tottenham senior team in 2014 in the Europa League clash against Partizan Belgrade.
      Since Mauricio Pochettino’s departure from the club, successive coaches – Jose Mourinho and Espirito Santo – have not made good use of the midfielder’s talents.
      His playing time halved when compared to the 2019/20 season, in which he played 31 Premier League matches.
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      The following season, he only had 15 starts, and was benched for most matches or was even left out of the squad entirely.
      Under Antonio Conte, he started 17 matches in the Premier League and was left on the bench for most of the matches without coming on to contribute.
      In this year’s first three Premier League matches, he did not make part of any squad which has recorded two wins and a draw so far. More

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      Nottingham Forest ‘keen on £17m transfer for Tottenham defender Japhet Tanganga as Prem new-boys eye 17th signing

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      NOTTINGHAM FOREST are interested in signing Tottenham defender Japhet Tanganga, according to reports.The Prem new boys have already splashed out more than £130million on 16 signings this summer – but their spending isn’t over yet.
      Japhet Tanganga has been linked with a Spurs exitCredit: EPA
      Tanganga, 23, is on their radar as they look to recruit cover for the injured Moussa Niakhate – himself a new arrival from Mainz.
      Niakhate, 26, is set for months on the sidelines after suffering a thigh injury during the 1-0 victory over West Ham.
      According to the Mail, Tanganga has emerged as a serious target to replace Niakhate.
      They claim that Spurs are demanding £17m for their homegrown defender.
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      Tanganga hasn’t featured in a competitive match since January after suffering a knee injury.
      He returned to action during pre-season, and has been an unused substitute for matches against Chelsea and Wolves.
      The Mail add that a move to Forest is unlikely unless Tottenham drop their asking price.
      Tanganga has also received strong interest from AC Milan.
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      Spurs are reportedly in talks with the Italian champions, who are keen to team Tanganga up with England international Fikayo Tomori at the back.
      According to Calciomercato’s Daniele Longo, Milan are Tanganga’s first-choice destination.
      Forest have also shown an interest in Tottenham full-back Sergio Reguilon.
      But the out-of-favour Spanish international is not believed to be keen on a switch to the City Ground. More

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      Tottenham consider shock Dan James transfer to replace Valencia-bound Bryan Gil and propose loan with £20m obligation

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      TOTTENHAM are eyeing up a shock move for Leeds winger Dan James.Spurs are preparing to replace Bryan Gil, who is hoping to rejoin Valencia on a loan deal.
      Tottenham want Dan James once Bryan Gil is shipped out againCredit: Getty
      Any move for the Leeds winger is held up until Bryan Gil completes a transfer to ValenciaCredit: Getty
      James, 24, joined the Yorkshire club last summer from Manchester United in a £25million deadline day deal.
      The Welshman penned a five-year contract with Leeds but now Antonio Conte wants to bring him to London.
      Spurs are preparing for life in the Champions League and are considering a loan offer for James with a £20million obligation to buy.
      James played a part in both of the last two Prem games for the Whites, despite missing out on the opening day win at home to Wolves.
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      It was his cross that led to Jack Harrison’s goal in the 3-0 mauling of Chelsea on Sunday.
      Spurs are focussing on reducing their squad, hence waiting for Gil to leave before shifting the focus on James.
      Gil was shipped out to Valencia on a temporary deal last January without making a single Premier League start.
      The winger joined the La Liga side until the end of the season.
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      And the 21-year-old wants to return.
      He says his family told him to quit Tottenham and return to Spain last year.
      When the loan move was finalised, Gil said: “It is a special day for me. I wanted to be here.
      “My family is also very happy. They wanted me to return to Spain and now it’s time to enjoy the team and the city.”
      Meanwhile, defender Japhet Tanganga is being targeted by AC Milan.
      The academy graduate has been told he has no future at Spurs by hardline boss Antonio Conte. More