Harry Kane is Tottenham Hotspur’s greatest ever goalscorer and perhaps their finest ever player but in football nothing lasts forever. Clubs endure as their heroes come and go. For Spurs, Kane is the past. They have to look to the future.
By his own admission, Ange Postecoglou is a resuscitator, renowned for lifting teams off the floor and making them believe again. He tells his players the tougher the challenge, the greater the fairytale at the end. When reminded that he was taking charge of a club now 15 years without a trophy, his reaction was telling: he let a smile sneak out.
And so, welcome to Tottenham. A tropical downpour in Bangkok scuppered the pre-season tour and then came charges of fraud in New
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