Tottenham boss Antonio Conte has revealed he would not swap Harry Kane for Mohamed Salah.
The Italian insisted that he realises how good the Spurs striker is the more he watches him train.
Kane
beat Salah in the race for the Golden Boot last season and also picked up the Playmaker Award for registering the most assists despite Tottenham stumbling to a seventh-place finish.
But while Salah is having an exceptional season in front of goal, with
15 strikes to his name so far this campaign, the Spurs star has only found the back of the net
once in the Premier League.
And when asked about Kane’s lack of goals this season in comparison to last campaign, Conte told
Football.London:
“It’s very strange, no? It’s very strange.
“If you compare what he did in the past, this is very strange, but also in the past, in my experience, before as a player and then as a coach, it happens.
“I played with important strikers who, for a long period, didn’t score, but my judgement about them didn’t change.
“I wanted to have them in my team also if they don’t score, because if you have Harry Kane in your team, you feel stronger, for sure.”
When asked about Kane and Salah, the 52-year-old said:
“Harry is a world-class striker. Every day that I train him I understand very well that he’s a world-class striker.
“He’s one of the best I’ve had the pleasure to train. He’s amazing. I like to have him in my team.
“For sure Jurgen likes to have Mo Salah, but I like to have Harry in my team. He’s an important player for us and my expectation is very high and to play an important game against Liverpool.”
Source -
Spurs-Web
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