Conte: After the assessment, I hope the club will listen to me Tottenham Hotspur to lay the groundwork realistically

Next Monday at 00:30 a.m., Spurs will play away to Chelsea in the 23rd round of the Premier League, with Conte in attendance at the pre-match press conference.

The latest news about the team's injury

"Today is Friday and after the game against Leicester City, we will definitely try to deal with some new injury situations. To be sure, we will make the right assessment of our players tomorrow. ”

"Eric Dyer trained well with us today and is now ready to play. Son Heung-min can't do it yet, we have to wait, but he recovers well, we have to wait until after the international match day. ”

Which players are experiencing new problems?

'Honestly, I don't want to tell you who the players are, and because I don't want to give our opponents an edge.

Can what happened against Leicester City inspire the team and propel them forward?

"We know very well that we are going to play against a very strong team. Don't forget that Chelsea won the Champions League and now they're in the final of the League Cup, so we're talking about a really good team and I don't know if it's the right time. ”

"We have a lot of injury problems, but it's certain that we want to do our best against Chelsea. They've beaten us in the last two games and we have to try to learn some of the things from the past, try to improve, try to do our best. ”

Is the team closer to bringing in a player and does it feel like Ndombele has played the last game for the club?

"Frankly, I prefer to talk to the club about this topic. Of course, I evaluated the team, but I've talked to the club and I hope the club will listen to me. ”

How happy are you about Lowry signing a new contract with the team?

"It's important to renew the contract with our team captain, not just for one year but two years. This means that the club and the whole environment trust him and he is a point of reference for the team and the club. ”

"It's right to sign a two-year contract, he's a great goalkeeper in world football, he's won a lot for his national team, he's captain of France, captain of Tottenham. I think it's the right thing to renew with the club and it's good to do that. ”

What do you think of Emerson's development to date?

"I have to be very clear that he's playing with an uncomfortable body and I just have to be emotional about his appearance. When I knew he was in a lot of pain after the first half, even though he could continue to play, I chose to make a substitution. He's a good player, only 22 years old, and it's his first season in the Premier League. ”

"I think Emerson is doing a good job and has a lot of room for improvement like everyone else. In my opinion, if we play a three-centre-back system, then the right wing-back plays an important role in the whole system. Otherwise we could play a four-back, but if you play a three-back system, full-back is very important. ”

Now the team is in a good position to be in the top four, or even the top three, in the Premier League, isn't it?

"You have to be very calm, one game at a time, don't forget that we won Watford in the last minute, we won Leicester City in the last minute, I have to be realistic and I'm sure I'm happy. It's nice to see my team fight to the last minute, but if you cut our points off by 4 points then you probably wouldn't have asked me that question. ”

"The most important thing is to be realistic, to understand that this season is going to be tough for us, and it's important to lay a good foundation. I'm not going to change my mind because of some positive race results, I have to look at the situation well and try to improve, there's a lot more we need to improve. ”

Even without new signings, do you feel like you have the players to achieve your goals this season?

"My goal this season is to help the club and it is my greatest desire to try to help the club, to help the team improve and have achieved the best possible result. I don't know what kind of outcome it might be, but it's safe to say that we're going to be one hundred percent of my players playing at their best, doing our best in a tough league. ”

'This season, my ambition is to help the team, but I knew that when I signed, I know the situation now and my goal is to help the team and the club to get promoted.

We've seen you use a 3-4-3 formation and a 3-5-2 formation, which formation will Conte's Tottenham use in the long run?

"I think in these two months I've had a lot of different situations, especially injuries. We started with two strikers because I think we have really good strikers and when you're trying to build something, you have to surround yourself with the best players in your team. ”

'When all the players were available, we started with three strikers and then Son was injured, a serious injury, and for that reason I didn't have the possibility of continuing like this, and besides, Belvin was absent for a while due to injury.

"In this case, you have to try to find another solution and maybe be able to change the formation again. It is important that the players are very aware of our principles and try to apply them to the system of play that we decide. ”

You mentioned that Lowry has won a lot of honors for his country, but he hasn't won honors at Tottenham in the last 10 years, is that a setback? Can you be the one to change that?

"Yeah, I think winning trophies is important for every club and at the same time you have to understand if you're ready to win because every club might say 'yes, I want to win a trophy' and then you have to understand very well what your focus is, where your position is and then you have to follow the path to try to compete and win the trophy.

"It's too easy to say that this team or another team wants to win, one team wins the trophy and the other team chases the trophy. I know this because if you win, you're writing history, and if you don't win trophies then you're not writing history. ”

Under your leadership, Spurs have scored a few goals in the final moments of the game against Watford, Leicester City and Morekambi, does that show the state and mentality of the team and how important it is for you?

'Yeah, but we're talking about two games we should have won, and towards the end of the games against Watford and Leicester City, we created a lot of chances to score goals and even winning at the end doesn't mean we don't deserve those goals.'

"Then make sure we continue like this because in the last moments of these two games we showed excellent resilience, excellent quality of will, a desire to win, the will to fight to the end, the belief that we can win in the end, that's a very important mentality."

'For that reason, I'm happy because don't forget that in the final moments of the game you may win or lose, but you have to be confident and I saw that in my players.

"In the last game against Leicester City, my players weren't happy with the draw and they wanted to play fast with just one minute left. It's important for me, it's important for the fans, it's important for the club, to see the desire of the players to win at the end. I think they deserve great praise for this victory. ”

(Tiger Punch)