Notable Ange Postecoglou and Antonio Conte Tottenham training difference revealed by Djed Spence

Djed Spence has revealed the Tottenham squad "would literally do the same session every day" with Antonio Conte in training at Hotspur Way. Joining Spurs in the summer of 2022 after wowing on loan at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign, Spence teamed up with Conte in N17 but he saw very little football under the Italian.

Spence would be limited to six substitute appearances for Tottenham in the first half of the 2022/23 campaign, with a 25-minute cameo appearance at former club Forest the longest he got on the pitch. Subsequently joining Rennes on loan for the remainder of the season due to his limited opportunities at Spurs, Spence would never get to play for Conte again after the head coach parted ways with Tottenham in March 2023.

Getting a fresh opportunity under new Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou a few months later, the full-back would depart on loan for the full season before forcing his way into the Australian's plans this season. Speaking on the Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast, Spence opened up on the key differences in the training sessions between the two head coaches and revealed that there is more variety when it comes to the training Postecoglou plans.

“I feel like with Conte [training] was very repetitive. We would literally do the same session every day, literally every day with no change," he explained.

"With Ange, it’s a bit different. We do change it. We do certain drills every day but it's a bit different, whether it's a different passing drill or just different attacks we do and he switches it up quite a bit. With Conte it was like this is it."

Spence is now a key member of the Tottenham team and virtually an undroppable after his starring role operating from left-back. Postecoglou requires his full-backs to invert and it is something his player has really taken on in what is his first full season playing this way.

"I feel comfortable, it's not natural," he admitted. "This is my first season actually doing it in an inverting position, but I feel like I'm a quick learner so I think things come naturally to me very quick."

He added: "We train on these things every day. The manager is very heavy on how he wants us to play. He has a specific way of playing and that's what we try to do."

Tottenham's style of play may have come under fire during Postecoglou's time at the club but their attacking brand of football is something the players really do enjoy.

"He's our manager so we have to follow suit and buy into it as well," said Spence. "The players enjoy it. It's a fun way of playing to be fair, it's attacking. Me as a full-back I get to go forward a lot and get to be inside the middle of the park where all the commotion is. I enjoy it, I think it's good "

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