Antonio Conte pleads with Tottenham to get his new striker in this transfer window to give Harry Kane much needed rest

ANTONIO CONTE says Tottenham need another striker for Harry Kane to breathe.

And the Spurs boss has told the club they need two quality players for every position.

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The Italian player revealed that he met with chairman Daniel Levy and football chief executive Fabio Paratici last week to discuss transfer targets.

Conte has admitted he needs to overhaul the North Londoners’ squad if they are to regain their place in the top four.

And he is determined to find a solution to the club’s age-old problem of not being able to sign a laudable striker or rival star Kane.

“I think it’s special in this tournament, because the level is very high and you have to play a lot of games, if you want to be ambitious, to be competitive, to fight for something,” Conte said. important, you must have 20. players. Two players in every role.

“Certainly, as a coach, it is very difficult to decide to keep Harry on the bench.

“But at the same time, when you play the way we played in the previous period – six games in 17 days – every coach has to be able to rotate and not drop too much.

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“Otherwise, it is very difficult for the coach to make the rotation because you want the best. But you have to know that if you want to be competitive, you need to have several players for every role.

“And between a regular player and another player, the gap is not so great in every role.

“This is a problem for all teams.”

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