'Impediment or opportunity' - can Spurs find a new 'superstar'?

As Tottenham's Harry Kane section closes, the Ange Postecoglou epoch begins.

Tottenham person not won a large trophy since lifting the League Cup successful 2008 and caller manager Postecoglou volition not person the luxury of galore of his predecessors successful being capable to person England's grounds goalscorer starring the attack.

The Australian was successful the dugout for the archetypal clip arsenic Tottenham manager arsenic his broadside earned a gully successful their play curtain-raiser astatine Brentford connected Sunday.

Brazil guardant Richarlison led the enactment successful the relation Kane had made his own, and Postecoglou challenged the 26-year-old and the remainder of his squad to instrumentality connected the situation of filling the void.

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"It is either an impediment to you oregon an opportunity," Postecoglou told BBC Sport.

"Harry Kane was a monolithic fig for this nine for a agelong clip and volition proceed to be, whether helium is successful the gathering oregon not. We wanted to spell retired and springiness our supporters immoderate anticipation and content successful the team.

"Football clubs determination connected beauteous quickly. I haven't needed to code it, I haven't needed to springiness them a lukewarm fuzzy cuddle conscionable to spot however they are. We had a crippled to hole for and they knew that."

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Previous Tottenham teams person often carried the unwanted 'Spursy' tag.

The sanction is utilized to picture Tottenham's expected wont of letting leads gaffe oregon choking erstwhile challenging for large prizes - thing Postecoglou volition beryllium tasked with trying to change.

Having taken the lead, Spurs rapidly recovered themselves down arsenic Brentford utilized the vigor from their vociferous location enactment to wrestle the momentum.

But Postecoglou's broadside showed resilience arsenic they weathered the tempest and continued to predominate possession earlier Emerson Royal fired them level.

"Conceding the 2 goals, it would beryllium casual to driblet our heads but I don't deliberation we did that," the Spurs brag told BBC Sport.

"We worked our mode backmost in, scored and controlled the 2nd fractional for the astir part. We could possibly person been much originative successful the last 3rd to make immoderate much opportunities.

"We showed a existent resilience that we're going to request due to the fact that it's going to beryllium a challenging twelvemonth for sure.

"It was a bully starting constituent for america today, but we request to amended and we person to amended and we will."

Is Richarlison the reply to Kane-shaped void?

Kane's value to Tottenham was undeniable. The England guardant scored 30 of their 70 Premier League goals (43%) successful 38 starts past season.

Since the 2013-14 campaign, Spurs scored 597 goals with the academy postgraduate successful the team, compared to 80 without.

He could nexus play, agelong defences and decorativeness from practically anyplace successful the last 3rd with either ft oregon his head.

It volition instrumentality clip for Richarlison to settee into the relation but helium chopped an isolated fig successful westbound London. His lone existent accidental came successful the 2nd fractional arsenic helium latched onto James Maddison's through-ball but his effort was comfortably saved by debutant Bees goalkeeper Mark Flekken.

But erstwhile Wales and Everton defender Ashley Williams says Kane's departure could bring the champion retired of the Brazilian.

"It mightiness enactment for Spurs," erstwhile Wales and Everton defender Ashley Williams told BBC Radio 5 Live. "You mightiness get much retired of a Richarlison oregon idiosyncratic else. Sometimes, erstwhile you instrumentality a cardinal fig retired of team, the accent is abruptly much connected them and they mightiness payment from it.

Former Stoke and Chelsea defender Robert Huth added: "Be the adjacent Harry Kane, it's arsenic elemental arsenic that. You tin ever look for excuses, 'Harry's gone what bash we bash now? Oh it's going to beryllium terrible'.

"But instrumentality a chance. When 1 doorway slams different 1 opens. Teams adjust, managers adjust, the players volition set - they inactive person the prime to people a batch of goals.

"Some players haven't possibly scored arsenic overmuch arsenic they could person done [in caller times], but it is present clip to measurement up.

"When helium was astatine the nine Harry Kane was the astir important happening for Spurs, but present helium is gone is idiosyncratic other going to beryllium the superstar?"

Speaking to Sky Sports, erstwhile Liverpool and England guardant Daniel Sturridge said: "Richarlison is simply a antithetic subordinate to Kane but helium is Brazil's fig nine.

"He volition get much accidental to play wherever helium wants to play. He has proved for Brazil helium tin play centre-forward and present helium gets a accidental to beryllium helium tin bash it for Tottenham."

'We filled retired the incorrect paperwork'

Ange Postecoglou wanted to regenerate Cristian Romero with Davinson Sanchez arsenic a concussion substitute but did not person the close paperwork

One interest for Postecoglou volition beryllium the availability of Cristian Romero for their adjacent lucifer astatine location to Manchester United connected 19 August.

Romero's last engagement was his headed extremity arsenic helium was taken disconnected arsenic a precaution by his manager aft appearing to kick of a caput wounded successful the celebration.

Postecoglou says helium wanted to instrumentality Romero disconnected arsenic a concussion substitute for a caput wounded - which would person protected his regular 5 substitutes - but his broadside had a "disappointing" admin error.

"Romero had a caput sound and the aesculapian squad were watching him the full time," Postecoglou told BBC Sport.

"Their accusation was that helium wasn't that dependable and with his caput aft scoring, I'm not taking immoderate risks successful that script successful this time and property and what we cognize of caput injuries.

"The past idiosyncratic you privation to beryllium directed by is the subordinate himself. He has nary idea.

"The disappointing happening is that seemingly we filled retired the incorrect signifier for a concussion sub. That is madness successful this time and age.

"It is beauteous wide wherefore we took the feline off. It is achromatic and achromatic for us, we're not going to instrumentality immoderate risks with our radical erstwhile we cognize what the repercussions are. He seems good but the subordinate is not the 1 who knows these things."

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