Conte's Spurs: Kane's goals, January transfers & 'Second-Half FC'
The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast
Tottenham's Best Goal Scorer Is Also Their Best Playmaker
Tottenham have a weird situation where their best goals scorer is also their best playmaker. Not many teams have a number nine that's such a good passer. I think they really lack a ball-carrying centre back or really good sort of centre back in that first phase that can, you know, break line. They then become reliant on likes of Hoi Berg to sort of drop deeper and then sort of dictate it from that like quarterback role,. And I think the lack of that sort of really good progressive centre back means they have to play a three.
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