Antonio Conte has admitted that he cannot rest Harry Kane in any matches for the moment because of how important the striker is to his system.
Kane has started every game since Conte took over at the start of last month. The Italian did not even rest the England captain in the Europa Conference League clash against NS Mura last week despite rotating the majority of his starting eleven for that game.
When asked if the striker will be rested through the busy December period, the Tottenham boss told Football.London: “If I answer in an honest way, to start a game without Harry now is a bit difficult for me.
“It’s a bit difficult for me. Honesty we are talking about an important player for us, an important player for all. Yeah, in this moment I am answering in this way.
“I hope to improve the situation, to improve the confidence of all players and to see that maybe without Harry we can cover the situation. Not in the same way, but in a way that can be good to get three points.
“Now in this moment, honestly, I don’t see this team starting without Harry.”
Kane is yet to find his goalscoring boots for Spurs this season, with the striker’s only goal under Conte coming in the 2-1 loss to Mura.
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The 28-year-old has still found the back of the net on just one occasion in the Premier League this season but Conte insisted that he is happy with the performances of the striker.
The Tottenham head coach claimed that Kane’s barren run in front of goal is not a matter of concern to him.
He said on Kane’s form: “I always like to be honest with my players, and if I wasn’t satisfied with Harry’s performances, for sure I would tell him.
“But I repeat: I’m very satisfied with his performances – he is playing well and doing fantastic work for the team.
“I know that, for strikers, it is vital to score, but at the same time we have to think first of Tottenham, what is best for Tottenham, and what is important for us if Harry scores is to take three points.
“A player like Harry can always solve the game because he has fantastic quality, he is a complete player, a real top player, and I’m honestly not worried about him.
“Against Mura, Kane scored but we lost the game and I want to be selfish – only that we win the game first of all.
“Sometimes a striker does not score, and that’s life – but his contribution to the team is still at a very important level.”
Spurs Web Opinion
Kane’s form has clearly improved since Conte arrived at the club. I thought the 28-year-old was excellent in the 2-0 win over Brentford.
However, strikers are often judged just by their goals and there will continue to be a lot of talk about his form until he finds his goalscoring boots again.
I am confident that the floodgates will open for Kane as soon as he scores a couple. He is simply too good a player for his current barren run to continue for long.
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