‘I trust him’ – Conte on his Spurs and England hopes for Ryan Sessegnon
It has been a whirlwind week for Ryan Sessegnon in a Tottenham shirt as he experienced one of his lowest lows, followed by one of his highest highs.
The left-wing-back was substituted before the half-hour mark against Wolves in Tottenham’s last home match, despite being far from the worst performer.
With Spurs going 2-0 down early in the match, Antonio Conte felt he needed to change the formation in order to give his side any chance of a comeback. Unfortunately, this meant sacrificing Sessegnon, moving to a back four, and putting Dejan Kulusevski on.
However, with Sergio Reguilon missing out on the following match away to Man City, Sessegnon was handed a chance to impress the Italian boss again, and this time he took it.
The Englishman was part of the Spurs team that pulled off a sensational 3-2 victory at the Etihad and Conte has showered the youngster with praise.
Conte said (Football London): “Sess in my vision has all the possibility to become an important player.
“First of all, he is young and has in front of him a lot of years. He is strong physically and fast, has a good engine, a resilience. He has good quality.
“Sometimes I think he feels a bit of pressure. But with me, he played important games, against Liverpool, against Chelsea, against City. It means I trust him.
“If you remember in the last game I changed the system, but only for this, I took him off after 30 minutes. I explained it was a tactical situation.
“But we are talking about another player that if he works and you have patience to work with him he is another player that can become an important player, also for England, the national team.
“But the first person that has to be convinced is himself. I trust him in the same way I trust all the players.”
Spurs Web Opinion:
Ryan Sessegnon should really be pushing Reguilon all the way for that starting LWB spot. The position is ideal for him. However, you get the sense he is often playing within himself rather than using the full array of talent he possesses. Hopefully, we will see more and more from him as his confidence grows.
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