Kane highlights lost Tottenham 'values' and makes crucial Pochettino admission

Tottenham news: Spurs and England striker Harry Kane admits they have lost some of the values and club culture that made them such a strong outfit under Mauricio Pochettino, who looks to be on his way to Chelsea

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane has insisted change must happen at the club if they are to compete with their Premier League rivals.

Speaking ahead of the trip to Merseyside, Kane told Sky Sports: "When you've been here this long - I've been here since I was 11 years old - you understand what the fans are like, you understand what the club's like. You've been through good moments with the club, I've been through not so good moments.

"Values are... everyone wants to win and everyone wants to lift trophies and that's ultimately our aim every year. But we're in a different situation to some of the clubs around us and we have to accept that but still find a way to improve and get better.

"We probably haven't been doing that in recent years so ultimately it's about getting back to competing right at the very top and our squad has got enough talent to do that.

"Ultimately, there's some things that may need to change, I think everyone is doing everything they can to try and achieve that. But when you look at the competition in the Premier League now, the fine line between being one of the top clubs and 10th or 11th is very slim and you have to make sure you're on it in every department."

Tottenham have struggled to replicate the success under Mauricio Pochettino since the Argentine was dismissed in 2019. Jose Mourinho did a job initially but was sacked before the Carabao Cup final, Nuno Espirito Santo was let go after only three months and Antonio Conte could not guide the club to their first trophy since 2008.

"We had a really good mixture of young and experienced players. It's impossible in football to click your fingers and go back to the good times and say 'let's go back to what it was', because every season and every situation is different. But I feel like there were some values at that time and some culture that really made us achieve the things we did.

"So maybe we've lost parts of that over the last few years and it's about looking back at that and seeing the good things we can take from that and trying to implement that in the future."