Antonio Conte fires new Harry Kane warning and says striker is ‘improving’ everyday

Tottenham manager Antonio Conte says striker Harry Kane is ‘improving’ and adding new strings to his bow, which is bad news for Premier League rivals.

The English striker has scored two crucial goals already this season, one at Stamford Bridge to earn a 2-2 draw against Chelsea, and the second the only goal as they beat Wolves last weekend.

Both goals were scored with his head, an area of his game which was previously considered a weakness.

During the Jose Mourinho era-Kane took on a deeper role where he would drop deep to link up play between the midfield and attack, but he’s now staying up more and providing the team a focal point.

Italian manager Antonio Conte says he is seeing a new level of development in the striker’s game which is an indication of intent and purpose.

The Italian manager said: “We are talking about a world class striker and this is clear and I don’t discover this. For sure I’m seeing Harry who is improving in many aspects of his game.

“We know very well with his skill and ability on the ball and now he is becoming strong on set pieces and how to attack the box in a strong way that we like for a number nine.

“I am seeing an improvement in this aspect because with Harry- all the people know that he can be a number nine or a number ten.

“Sometimes many people think he is more of a number ten than a number nine, but now I think that he is a strong number nine.

“He was a strong number 10 before now he is a strong number nine. He is improving a lot in many aspects of his game.”

Looking to continue strong start to the season at the City Ground

Antonio Conte’s side will equal only their second best start to a season in 13 years if they avoid defeat to Nottingham Forest on Sunday.

The last time they avoided a defeat in their first four Premier League games, they finished second in the league under Mauricio Pochettino.

Asked if he was impressed with his team’s start to the campaign, the Italian manager confirmed he was encouraged given the circumstances and the fact that they have won against teams they lost to last time out.

He added: “ Perfect start you know very well is when you win all games. I think at the moment it’s Arsenal who have the perfect start.

“But to get seven points is important because we had an away game against Chelsea which was tough and difficult and two teams that in the past we lost to.

“So we have to continue this way to try to improve and we know that we have to try to be competitive but we know that the other teams also have the same ideas.”