August 12, (THEWILL) – Tottenham Hotspur manager, Ange Postecoglou, insists it will take a collective effort to replace the goals of Harry Kane, but has backed the “fantastic” Richarlison to fit in well into his attacking system.
Spurs start a new chapter when they make the trip to Brentford on Sunday, with Postecoglou in charge for the first time and the English Premier League opener will mark the beginning of the post-Kane era.
Kane has joined Bayern Munich in a deal that could rise to £120million with add-ons, which means Tottenham are now without their record goalscorer and a forward, who scored 30 of their 70 EPL goals last season.
Richarlison only scored once for Spurs in the top flight following a £60million move from Everton, but Postecoglou is a big fan of Brazil’s number nine and will count on him alongside the likes of Son Heung-min, Dejan Kulusevski and James Maddison to fill the void of talisman Kane.
While Kane scored close to 43 per cent of Spurs’ goals in the EPL last season, they also had a poor defensive record under Antonio Conte and caretakers: Cristian Stellini and Ryan Mason, shipping 63 times in 38 fixtures. Tottenham will hope reinforcements to defence this summer can bring about improvement in that area.
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