Tottenham Hotspur head coach Antonio Conte has told Football.London that it is very difficult for him to drop any of Harry Kane, Son Heung-min, Richarlison and Dejan Kulusevski from the starting lineup.
Conte has said that he now has Tottenham forwards Kane, Son, Richarlison and Kulusevski fighting for three places in his attacking unit.
The Tottenham boss has explained his decision regarding making changes to his front-line.
Conte made the comments ahead of the UEFA Champions League game between Sporting Lisbon and Tottenham in Portugal this evening.
Antonio Conte on Tottenham Hotspur front-line
Tottenham boss Conte said: “I think when you try to build something important, when you try to build something with ambition and try to be competitive and fight to win, you have to change old habits, otherwise it means you want to stay in balance and it means you don’t want to have ambition.
“For this reason all the players have to accept the rotation especially up front, we have four players.
“For me especially it’s very difficult right now to drop one of these four players, but I have to make the best decision for the team, also for the players.
“Sometimes it’s better to rest and don’t start a game, to come in and play only 20 or 30 minutes and then play the following games.”
Conte added: “For sure I think every manager, every coach likes this kind of problem. It means up front we have four players for three places.
“We are in the right way because to face four competitions, especially if you are to play in the Champions League, you need to have a deep squad.
“At the moment we have four players and every one deserves to play. We started with Sonny, Harry and Deki, then the last games I prefer to give the possibility to Richy to play.”
Good problem to have
In our view, it is a good problem for Tottenham Hotspur head coach Antonio Conte to have in terms of keeping Harry Kane, Son Heung-min, Richarlison and Dejan Kulusevski all happy.
Now, we know that Kane will play as long as he is fit.
After all, the England international is the best striker at Tottenham and one of the best in his position in the world.
Son has not been in great form so far this season, while Richarlison is delivering the goods at the moment.
Kulusevski has been brilliant since he moved to Tottenham, and he is another great option to have for Conte.
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