Kevin Danso has admitted that he has loved working with Thomas Frank and his Tottenham coaching staff over the last few weeks, and opened up on how hard the fitness work has been under the Dane this summer.
From Tottenham’s performances in pre-season, one can already see that Frank has put his imprint on this Spurs side, who appear more organised defensively and are much happier to let their opposition have the ball.
Frank has said that he wants Spurs to be more balanced than they were last season, with the Dane stressing the need for his side to be good in all phases of play.
We have already heard from inside the Tottenham dressing room that Frank is winning over the Spurs players with his ideas, and Danso has now confirmed the same.
Kevin Danso reveals what he is enjoying the most about Tottenham pre-season
The 26-year-old arrived from Lens to a Spurs side that had a very different way of playing, and as a centre-back, he was expected to defend a lot of space behind him in a high line under Postecoglou.
Danso has now admitted that he has been enjoying the new ideas that Frank has brought to the club and the increased focus in training on blocking shots.
When asked how it has been to work under Frank, the Austrian international told Football.London: “It’s brilliant. We have been enjoying every moment of it. It’s something exciting. It’s always exciting when it’s a new start. New ideas and everybody is trying to take it in their stride as much as possible.
“We are just looking to improve on what we did last season. You can see from the way we play the work ethic, and you have seen some of the training videos [of players throwing themselves in the way of shots].
“That’s fun for me, as a defender, it’s something I love to do that. You have seen the defending and blocking clips. That’s all, a bit of fun as well as actual tactical work. For me, it’s about taking it every moment, step by step and enjoying it.”
Danso opens up on ‘tough’ fitness tests under Frank
As Spurs Web previously covered, the Tottenham players have been asked to regularly perform 1k shuttle runs in pre-season.
We have seen footage of many Spurs players collapsing to the ground breathless after their runs, but Danso has insisted that while the tests have been tough, he has enjoyed the hard work in pre-season.
When asked about the shuttle runs, the centre-back said: “Tough! It was my first time doing something like that. Very tough but good,
“I wasn’t here last pre-season, but it’s been a tough pre-season. A lot of running and hard work. We try to implement that in our game and the way we play.”
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