Harry Kane admits Tottenham have lost Mauricio Pochettino's values

Harry Kane has claimed Tottenham have suffered in recent years because they have lost the values and ideals which were in place during Mauricio Pochettino's reign.

Spurs are stumbling through a miserable season which is unlikely to end with Champions League qualification, which was accepted as a bare-minimum target by the masses heading into the campaign.

Antonio Conte was sacked at the end of March and his assistant, Cristian Stellini, soon followed after a terrible interim spell which culminated in last week's 6-1 hammering at Newcastle.

Kane's former teammate and close friend, Ryan Mason, is in the dugout once again and helped steer Tottenham to a credible 2-2 comeback draw against Manchester United on Thursday.

Speaking to Sky Sports, Kane admitted that the club has lost its way a little over the last few seasons.

"When you've been here this long, I've been here since I was 11 years old, you understand what the fans are like, you understand what the club's like. You've been through good moments with the club, I've been through not so good moments," he said.

"Values are...everyone wants to win and everyone wants to lift trophies and that's ultimately our aim every year. But we're in a different situation to some of the clubs around us and we have to accept that but still find a way to improve and get better.

"We probably haven't been doing that in recent years so ultimately it's about getting back to competing right at the very top and our squad has got enough talent to do that.

"Ultimately, there's some things that may need to change I think everyone is doing everything they can to try and achieve that. But when you look at the competition in the Premier League now, the fine line between being one of the top clubs and 10th or 11th is very slim and you have to make sure you're on it in every department."

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Kane was then asked if he is intimating that Spurs need to tap into what made them great under Pochettino from 2014 to 2019.

"Yeah I think whenever you have a good moment as a team, I think we had three or four really good years when we were competing at the very top and that was without spending loads of money," he replied.

"We had a really good mixture of young and experienced players. It's impossible in football to click your fingers and go back to the good times and say 'let's go back to what it was', because every season and every situation is different. But I feel like there were some values at that time and some culture that really made us achieve the things we did.

"So maybe we've lost parts of that over the last few years and it's about looking back at that and seeing the good things we can take from that and trying to implement that in the future."

Though many Spurs fans have longed for the return of Pochettino and have sung his name at recent home games, 90min understands he is on the verge of joining London rivals Chelsea.

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