Ange Postecoglou says Spurs star will not stop until he is best in the world
Ange Postecoglou has spoken highly of the ambition and drive of one of his players, insisting that he will not stop pushing himself and improving until he becomes the best.
Tottenham man continuing to make huge strides
Dejan Kulusevski is transforming into a world-class player before our very eyes, with the Swede appearing to have come of age this season.
He seems to get better and better with each game, and he demonstrated yet again in the first half against Roma that he can be unplayable when he is at his best.
The 24-year-old has undoubtedly been one of the best players on show in the Premier League this season, and he will undoubtedly have a major role to play if Tottenham are going to end their trophy drought.
Dejan Kulusevski not resting on his laurels
Kuluseveski has spoken time and again about his determination to keep improving and be the best player he can be.
Ange Postecoglou is convinced that the former Juventus man is not one to rest on his laurels, insisting that the versatile attacker will not be content until he becomes the best.
When asked if Kulusevski has a Cristiano Ronaldo-like self-belief, the Tottenham head coach has said (via Football.London): “Yeah absolutely, spot on. He’s very ambitious about how good he can be and that’s a great thing.
“He’s still relatively young and for his position, there’s a lot of improvement in him. I’ve just got a feeling with Deki that he’s not going to settle for any level apart from being the absolute best and it’s great for us.”
Ange Postecoglou on that Dejan Kulusevski engine
The area where Kulusevski ranks head and shoulders above his peers is his stamina, with the attacking midfielder out-running everyone on almost a regular basis.
Postecoglou said that while there is a genetic component to it, part of it is also down to the attacker’s mental strength to push beyond his limits.
When asked about Kulusevski’s ability to cover ground, the 59-year-old said: “It’s not a fluke. It’s a lot of hard work. There’s some science there, some genetics or DNA. He just has a real capacity to be able to run at a certain level consistently. His recovery rates are really elite in that he can go and rest quickly and go again.
“But there’s also that mental strength to do it. A lot of players have the capacity but may reach the limit where they naturally get tired and don’t go again until they need to. But Deki will keep going and going. It’s a big part of his football, it’s a big strength of his.
“Again I’m not a biomechanist but his running efficiency is really good. He doesn’t seem to use too much energy. Or that’s how it looks to me. That could be a load of crap, I don’t know. But he does. If you think about it. If you’re trying to stop him and he’s in your vicinity, you think he’ll go once, twice, or three or four times and that can wear oppositions down.
“He has the quality as well. We have to be mindful of not overburdening him because he’s played a lot. And with the squad we’ve got he’s played in the middle and on the wing. We don’t want to diminish that but at the moment he still feels really good. And it’s a big part of his game.”
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