Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou comments on player amid transfer rumors

Speaking to football.london, Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou has spoken about the rejuvenated Djed Spence.

"He’s had a good pre-season. He’s trained really well. He seems to have fit into the group really well.
I don’t think left-back is his obvious position, I think he’s more of a right full-back, but the fact that he can play out on the left again gives us some good options into the season where with European football we’re going to have more challenges.

It was quite obvious last year that whenever we had disruptions in terms of injuries or suspensions, our performance dropped a fair bit. We’re trying to narrow that gap. Hopefully having Djed as part of our squad allows us to do that. He’s training well, he’s available for Monday and I’ll make those decisions at the weekend."

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou comments on player amid transfer rumors

When he was asked about any previous talk of an ‘attitude problem’ with Spence, the Spurs manager had this to say:

“That’s probably something that, whether that was right or wrong, as a person and as a player, Djed has taken responsibility for that and not allowed that to be part of the conversation this pre-season.

For me and all the coaches, we’ve had absolutely zero issues with his attitude. He’s trained really well, he’s fit into the group really well. That’s on him. He’s the one who hasn’t allowed it to become an issue.”

Ange has previously praised Spence this summer, and it was recently reported that Spence will remain at the club.

This is despite recent talk that Spurs are going to make an offer for Brazilian right-back Vanderson, from Monaco - for around £34million pounds.

But the reports of Spence staying do check out with these quotes from Ange, with the Spurs manager referring to the need for depth with a European campaign upcoming this season.