AFTER HIS LAST-MINUTE HEROIC DOUBLE THAT HELPED TOTTENHAM TO RECORD A COMEBACK AGAINST LEICESTER CITY, ANTONIO CONTE HAS CHANGED HIS PLANS ON HIS TRANSFER NOW.
Antonio Conte says he needs to keep Steven Bergwijn at Tottenham this month after the forward's late heroics acquired the greatest success of the Italian's rule such a long way at the King Power Stadium the previous evening.
Substitute Bergwijn scored two times in stoppage opportunity as Spurs fought against eminent loss to beat Leicester 3-2 and move inside a mark of the Premier League's best four with an assertion win.
Prods had been willing to pay attention to offers for the 24-year-old, whose profession in north London is still yet to genuinely require off two years after his January appearance from PSV Eindhoven, and the club dismissed an initial bid from Dutch bosses Ajax of around £15million last week.
The Eredivisie side is relied upon to return with a superior proposition, however, on his return from injury, Bergwijn offered a convenient token of his quality and Conte demands the Dutchman remains part of his plans."In the past, when somebody gets some information about Steven I was exceptionally clear," Conte said. "For my purposes, he is a vital player since he has qualities that in our crew we don't have a considerable lot of - we don't have numerous imaginative players.
"He's a significant player and the player must be cheerful and I think the player is glad to be with us and play in Tottenham."
While any semblance of Tanguy Ndombele, who was again avoided with regard to the crew the previous evening, might be permitted to leave before the January window closes, Conte has focused on that his essential concern this month is with reinforcing the positions as his side hope to kick-on and push for a Champions League return.
"We really want to attempt to improve to become more grounded, not to lose players and become less solid," he added.
"We need to attempt to proceed to work and improve and on the off chance that there is the chance in this moving market to work on likewise mathematically the quantity of this crew, it will be very important." Bergwijn named his Roy of the Rovers-style appearance "each kid's fantasy", the winger pounding home the bounce back after Matt Doherty had been denied to even out the scores at 2-2, then, at that point, hooking onto Harry Kane's through-ball to adjust Kasper Schmeichel briefly champ.
"You must never surrender," Kane said. "[Bergwijn] came on and had a tremendous effect and to get two objectives like that in stoppage time - it's games like this you'll always remember for the remainder of your profession.
"Full credit to Stevey, it's not been simple for him with wounds, however, he's been buckling down in the background. That is what's going on with our group, placing everybody on the line, whether or not you're playing. Full credit to him today."
The outcome leaves Spurs in a solid situation in the race for fourth, a point behind West Ham having played three matches less, while even Chelsea in third is insight in front of Sunday's gathering at Stamford Bridge. Conte, be that as it may, ask alert.
"From one viewpoint, it's great however then again we must be exceptionally legit and comprehend we're progressing nicely yet it will be hard to keep this position," he added. "This should be our objective, that toward the finish of the period we are certain we gave everything and the position we came to in the table means we merited this position."
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