He should have scored more than he did with those quick tiny feet.
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Player Dejan Kulusevski
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Kulusevski admits Conte's demanding Spurs training sessions are what he needs
Dejan Kulusevski has opened up on his move to Tottenham, working under Antonio Conte and playing alongside Harry Kane
Dejan Kulusevski has admitted that he loves "suffering" as he gets set to work under Antonio Conte at Tottenham.
In and out of Massimiliano Allegri's Juventus team this season, Spurs' managing director of football Fabio Paratici returned to his old club and managed to strike a deal for the Sweden international before the January transfer deadline.
Starting on the bench in Saturday's 3-1 FA Cup win over Brighton & Hove Albion, the 21-year-old was introduced for the final 22 minutes of the contest and almost marked his debut with an assist, only for Steven Bergwijn to blaze over the crossbar after he teed him up.
Working his players incredibly hard since his appointment in November with demanding sessions at Hotspur Way to quickly get them up to the levels he wants, Kulusevski has already found that out for himself in his short time with Conte, including after the FA Cup win when the substitutes were involved in a rigorous post-match workout with fitness coach Gian Piero Ventrone.
"I love suffering! That's one thing about me. From when I was born, I love suffering," he admitted.
"I love to work hard and I've already seen how they work. It's incredible. Just now, after the game, we had a crazy session.
"So I love being here and love work because I know my body can get so much better."
Although the training is much more intense than what he has been used to in Italy, the attacker believes it will only enhance his game.
"When I came here, the training here was much more different from Italy – in a very good way," said Kulusevski. "People are running faster, everything is faster to try to get us stronger.
"So it was very good because that's what I need – I need my body to feel alive so I can think faster with my head.
"So I'm very happy to be here and the more I train, the easier it'll be. It's very good conditions."
Kulusevski may only be 21 but he has worked under some big names in the game such as Andrea Pirlo and Allegri in the first few years of his career.
hes making all the right noises, sounds like hes conscientious in his craft. love it!
For what it's worth, I think pace in the RWB position is far more important than with Kulusevski, and one of the reasons I don't particularly rate Emerson (he's not slow but seems to get caught up to whenever he runs down the flank).
If Kulu adds creativity and a lethal shot from outside the box then our attack may well be improved.
Kane 8.54 m/s
Kulusevski 9.12 m/s
Son 9.7 m/s
Mbappe 10.01 m/s
So, in one second, Kulu loses half a yard on Sonny and a whole yard on Mbappe. He got a bit of pace but he’s not that quick. Luckily, that’s not his game.
I think it’s fair to say my current condition regarding new arrivals is:
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No, I get it
Modric missing an all-timer by about an inch
I think in years to come, we'll look back on Dele with the same affection as Lennon...
...the positive contributions they both made were pure feelgood factor stuff.
With Lennon (and to an extent Danny Rose too) there clearly were other issues (outside of football) that affected their latter years with us, and likewise Dele (although not necessarily mental issues) there were outside/non-football related issues that surely contributed to his dip in form, and subsequent departure.
Whilst Dele will never be in the 'maverick' role of a Gazza, Modric or Berbatov, I do somehow put him, Lennon and Rose in a similar bracket of what they offered in their prime, and at their peak. (even though their positions were very different!)
It's no coincidence that all three scored iconic goals, at crucial times, that will forever be associated with their time at Spurs.
Lennon: the last minute equaliser in the 4-4 against Arse
Rose: Debut goal in that game against The Arse
Dele: The classic 'Frank Worthington' goal against Crystal Palace.
...the positive contributions they both made were pure feelgood factor stuff.
With Lennon (and to an extent Danny Rose too) there clearly were other issues (outside of football) that affected their latter years with us, and likewise Dele (although not necessarily mental issues) there were outside/non-football related issues that surely contributed to his dip in form, and subsequent departure.
Whilst Dele will never be in the 'maverick' role of a Gazza, Modric or Berbatov, I do somehow put him, Lennon and Rose in a similar bracket of what they offered in their prime, and at their peak. (even though their positions were very different!)
It's no coincidence that all three scored iconic goals, at crucial times, that will forever be associated with their time at Spurs.
Lennon: the last minute equaliser in the 4-4 against Arse
Rose: Debut goal in that game against The Arse
Dele: The classic 'Frank Worthington' goal against Crystal Palace.
That's about right I think. A sort of what could have been.
But, to be fair to Rose and Dele, they really did hit a level of performance than Lennon never did. Lennon was good for us, certainly, but he was never one of the best in his position in the EPL, which both dele and rose were at one point.
Watching Lennon in his prime running and scaring the life out of a fullback was a joy to behold. Funnily enough, one of my favourite things Lennon ever did was not playing for Spurs, or even in a game.
I was watching Sky Sports News in the pub, and they had a piece on an upcoming England World Cup qualifying game I think - or maybe leading up to the finals, and they were showing some footage of the England team training. Lennon had the ball and was running at John Terry. He shimmied and dropped his shoulders left and right. Terry was backpedalling and was caught like a rabbit in the headlights, panicked, and simply fell backwards onto his arse.
Literally pissed myself laughing.
Anything that made John Terry look a twat is a joy to behold!!
On his day Lennon was unplayable.... Just ask Patrice Evra.
Lightning quick, smart, defensively committed, linked up well. Only thing missing was that he couldn't shoot for toffee and sadly for him the expectations for a wide-man was changing... Otherwise, he'd have far more respect on his name with fans in general.
Today he'd be a wing-back and a fucking good one at that.
Yeyea, Lennon was smart. And Heskey on his day was faster than Mbappe.
And Palacios was way better passer than Pirlo.
I mean come on, Lennon was dedicated and nice guy and all. Had awesome pace, put in an effort and all. But he always ran with his head down, had made decision what to do with the ball right after receiving it without any consideration how the situation had changed, etc.
Maybe he could work as a wing-back in current system. And one can say many positive things about him. But he was obviously lacking footballing brain... or at least this brain did not keep up with the tempo of the game at all...
As Andy Warhol once said, in the future, every footballer will be considered as a right wing back for 15 minutes
Imagine Levy negotiating in pounds, shillings and pence.
I'm offering £49 15s 6d.
