Gian Piero Ventrone discusses Antonio Conte's Tottenham training, Son and Kane in last interview

07.10.2022 - 18:21 / msn.com

Ventrone's high demands saw an immediate change in the fitness of the Tottenham squad a matter of weeks after his arrival at the start of last November. Famed for his work on the training pitch and working alongside some of the best managers in the game, just last week the fitness coach spoke with Italian publication Gazzetta dello Sport about his methods, the prevention of muscle injuries and the future of training. Released on Thursday evening in wake of his death, Ventrone opened up on training at Tottenham, Antonio Conte's philosophy and also mentioned why Son Heung-min and Harry Kane are "two completely different machines".

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For Conte this philosophy has become a sort of gospel. In the last year and a half we have had very few problems with muscle overload. "Injuries are a part and parcel of football but there is a difference when it comes to the Premier League and Serie A.

With players in Italy tending to pick up injuries more frequently than their Premier League counterparts, Ventrone opened up on why that is the case. "The difference is that in the Premier League, in training as in a match, recovery times are shorter," he revealed. "In short, the game is interrupted less.