‘Not stable’: Conte says four Tottenham players’ starting places aren’t secure, need to perform in training

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Tottenham Hotspur boss Antonio Conte has called on his wing-backs to impress him and win spots in the Spurs starting XI.

The Tottenham manager currently has four wing-backs at his disposal – Ryan Sessegnon, Sergio Reguilon, Matt Doherty and Emerson Royal.

Right wing-back has proven a problem at Spurs ever since Kyle Walker left the club in 2017.

Emerson joined Tottenham last summer, while Doherty arrived at N17 the previous year.

However, neither player has managed to make the position their own.

While Reguilon has started regularly on the left, he has had to spent some time on the sidelines due to covid.

Conte has been playing Sessegnon in his place, and the 21-year-old has delivered a couple of great displays.

The Tottenham boss, speaking ahead of Monday’s meeting with Everton, revealed that Reguilon has needed more time to recover.

“Not the time to wait for anybody”

Conte also opened up on the options he has at wing-back and revealed why it won’t be so easy for his player to regain his place in the team.

“(Reguilon) had covid, I think he had a bit of a problem to recover from this,” Conte told football.london.

“But Sergio knows very well he has to fight to play, because also there is at this moment Sessegnon, that is playing regularly, he is having good performances.

“We have four wing-backs, with Doherty and Emerson, and also during the game, sometimes if I want to try to push the game I can put in this position also Kulusevski.

“There are four players. And every game I try to decide for the best for the team, to make the best decision.

“There are not players stable to play every game, I can play Sessegnon, I can play Reguilon, I can play Doherty, I can play Emerson, it depends on the training session.”

Conte then extended this message to the rest of the team.

“Not only in these roles, but in every role,” he said.

“From now until the end, we have to try to get the best from the players. It is not to the time to wait for anybody.

“The players that are in good form, they play. The others, they are on the bench, or in the crowd.”