Ange Postecoglou makes Tottenham captaincy admission amid talks of Kane and Lloris exit

Tottenham manager Ange Postecopgou says he is not losing sleep over captaincy issues after it was suggested to him that he would need a new captain if Hugo Lloris was to leave the club this summer.

Kane bagged 30 goals last season despite the challenges at the club but has been linked with an exit while captain Hugo Lloris has started publicly his desire for a new challenge after 11 years in north London.

Lloris still has a year left on his current contract but the arrival of Guglielmo Vicario means Tottenham might be preparing for a future without the 2018 World Cup winner.

But Postecoglou who impressed many during the press conference says his main focus at the moment was to map out a plan and get Tottenham back to where they belong.

He told reporters: “As I said, even that, around the captaincy, it’s just not at the forefront of my mind right now. What’s at the forefront of my mind is to try to establish where we want to go as a football club and try to be as clear to people as I can about that, about me and all these kinds of things.

“Because if I start thinking about all that kind of detail right now I’m going to miss the opportunity to really establish some of the fundamentals of what I want us to be.

“In terms of the squad, we’re in that stage like most clubs where you kind of know that there will be activity between now and the start of the season and the end of the window and there will be some players who won’t be here and some players that will come in.

“Again in my mind, I try to keep that with the understanding that until something is certain I’m not going to commit myself either way to whether a player is going to be here or not. There’s no point in wasting energy on something that may or may not happen.

“So far the lads we’ve had in have been excellent. They’ve been brilliant with the staff in adapting and implementing the things I want and we’ll keep moving along. We’ll get the rest of the squad back in the next couple of days so it will be great to see everyone in the building.”

Lloris has been training at their north London-based while Harry Kane is expected back for the first time on Wednesday.