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How much of a disappointment is Danny Rose's injury? Will he be ready for the start of next season?

Now we need to see. We need to see how he reacts after that situation. Then always it's day by day to see how he recovers. We wish him a speedy recovery because it will be good for us, the team. Always it's a difficult moment for him, after three months and two weeks, it was January he got injured, but we are here to support him, to help him to try to be available as soon as possible.

There is some period about his recovery that we cannot accelerate, it's about how his knee recovers.

How has he reacted?

I sent a text yesterday after the surgery. We crossed some texts. Now it's a moment to give time to recover after yesterday. Sure that Friday he'll be here to try to see him and check how he is. Of course we'll have all our support. The medical staff are a great medical staff, the doctor, all of them.

Everyone around him will help. Now it is to think about being good and strong for when it is possible.

No Rose, Walker or Trippier, are you short of a full-back?

Yes, we will have different options to play, different players. Maybe we will change the formation. It's good for us to be creative now, one more time. To try to play in the best condition and try to win. For us the last two games are important.

It's true we cannot change the table but it's important for us now to try to win, for us to compete. I think we need to finish well. To finish second was a good thing for us, but now we need to finish in the last two games with a good feeling.

Will Trippier and Walker be available for Sunday?

We need to see, we need to assess them. I don't know today.

Was Sunday the perfect way to end the club's time at White Hart Lane?

I think it was a very emotional day. It was a fantastic day. It will always be in my memories, I will keep in my mind forever. I think it was a fantastic time to enjoy and a fantastic moment to remember forever. I think it's impossible to finish in a better way.

I think our fans enjoyed it a lot. It was a great chance to share the moment with the legends, the staff, the players, with everyone. It was a fantastic day. It will always be in our mind for the rest of our lives.

If you win at Leicester, you'll have 83 points, more than Leicester last season, what does that say about Spurs' season?

It means that for us it's more complicated and difficult than it looks. It's true last season we pushed a lot in a different Premier League. This season was more competitive for the top four and to win the title was more difficult. I Think that it's important that the team improve and move on. I think we are so close again like last season.

It's not enough, but be sure that next season will try again to fight and achieve the thing that this time we cannot achieve.

Are there areas where you feel Spurs were better than Chelsea this season?

It's difficult now to say now we were better in this or another area because they won the Premier League. I think it's not like a professional or like a person that loves football and understand it a little bit, I think if you won the Premier League it's because you were the best team and it's difficult to analyse why.

It's true that in private maybe our consideration or point of view may be things that we need to improve and sure that we need to improve for next season. But you cannot say that we were better in this or another area when you were second.

When, like Chelsea you won, it's because you were the best. Nothing to say but to show my respect and congratulate Chelsea for winning the Premier League. We need to be better next season, be stronger and improve in all the areas to try to win.

I repeat, congratulations to Antonio and his players, they won the league and they were the best team in the Premier League.

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Dele Alli was unable to clarify if he will be a Spurs player next season, can you?

I cannot clarify the rumours. I did not listen to him, but I think he is committed to the club, but I did not hear properly his interview.

Will the club sell him?

I told you a few weeks ago. All the players we want will stay here next season and the players we maybe have an offer for and we decide to sell that is our decision. They are all under contract with the club. Always it's the club's decision to keep or sell the players.

Same with Kyle Walker?

Of course, everyone is in the same opinion we have. We will decide at the end of the season with different players. Maybe one player will go and another will arrive. It's natural. Every season and every summer something happens in every club.

And you? Is there a buyout clause in your contract?

No, no buyout clause in my contract. I will stay here next season.

Could any club tempt you?

There are many many rumours but I am committed to Tottenham. I have no reason to leave the club. I will stay here, don't worry. You will see on July 3 at the start of pre-season, I will stay here. Don't worry.

Do you have a favourite moment from this season?

I think Sunday. Sunday was a fantastic moment. It was amazing, the energy. The team played well, second in the table, unbeaten at White Hart Lane. Our fans so happy about the way that we played. Not just that we got a good result, but how the team played the whole season.

It's true it's so difficult to keep the same level for eight or nine months, but the team always tried to play. It's so exciting to see the team play. That made us very, very proud.

Last Sunday was very special, very emotional. We spent a lot of time at White Hart Lane. We waited until the very end to go on to the pitch and take some photos with the families, the chairman and the board.

It was a fantastic moment to share all together with the fans first and then the people, the staff and board on the pitch. To finish in a very good way, happy to welcome the new stadium. It was very exciting.

It was strange because it was a sad moment, but when you see in the corner the new stadium is coming it's exciting too. You are sad but excited, so difficult to describe that feeling.

Dele Alli says the squad is good enough to win the league next season, it doesn't need any new signings, your thoughts?

It's a good perception from the player, but the players are the players. The vision is always different. I am very happy that the players' perception is that. You know very well that When you are second then you must improve if you want to win.

Next season will be completely different and be sure that all our enemies and opponents will try to improve their squads. I think I understand what he's trying to say.

But in life you cannot stay happy as you which what you are doing now. You must try to improve, improve, improve. This summer and next season, we must try to find the way to inspire, to motivate and push them further in our performance and try to find a different way to play.

Maybe to improve the mental side and try to add more quality if we are able to discover or find that type of player to help us next season to play better, be better and compete better in different periods of the season.

What do you think you can learn from this season?

I think the question before was fantastic. If we can win one of the games we'll have better than Leicester's points last season. I think its about being more competitive in the season. We had some problems in October/November when we dropped a lot of points and then it was difficult to catch Chelsea in the end. Our performances wasn't the best for different reasons.

That is the point we need to analyse, to try to provide the team to be more competitive and more consistent during the whole season. Because to compete with clubs like we are talking, it's important to be competitive. It's too difficult sometimes when you drop in some period and then to catch your opponents. Chelsea were in a different, not level to us, but a different schedule and fixtures.

They didn't play in the Europa League or Champions League. They were able to be consistent in the Premier League and that is why the won in the end. Next season will be different and you never know, but it's important for us to improve and try to be consistent. Don't have that situation where you drop in one month or five weeks and then it's difficult to close the gap.

Good to hear Harry Kane saying there's no better place to be than Tottenham right now in the world?

Yes, in the last few weeks I hear a lot of positive things from the players. I think it's exciting for the players that are here at Tottenham. It's a very different project to maybe other clubs at our level in the table.

I feel proud. I think that Harry as a player for him Tottenham means a lot. He shows that every day in his training sessions, his appearances and every day he plays for Tottenham.

Is it strange to see Leicester 37 points behind you this time?

Yes, I think they deserve all the credit last season because they were the best like Chelsea today.

But we talk a lot about how competitive the Premier League is. They struggled at the start of the season and then it was difficult to recover the pace and consistency for the Premier League.

They also had the Champions League, which is always tough, for them it was the first time for all of their players I think to share the Champions League, the Premier League and the cups.

For us it is good, because after two seasons we are the best, or one of the best teams. Now it is a moment next season to try to win again and try to fight. I think we are in a very good way. If we are consistent and push, push, I think we will achieve what we want, to win trophies.

Is the answer to that October/November period a better mentality or a bigger squad?

No, it was difficult for us to compete, it wasn't about quality. We struggled to compete. I remember that many things happened after Monaco away. Sometimes is a time to be cool and you can analyse better what happened, because it's all on record, every single match and training session. We record all and everything.

Now it is a moment for us. We have now time to go to Hong Kong and work hard and analyse the whole season and ensure that we will find a way to fix that and try to provide a better tool for the team so they don't struggle in some moments.

I think it's a good opportunity for us to learn and improve in our mental side and the way in how we handle and manage the team. Always important to be humble and to be honest and look at us and try to analyse why and how we can improve to give better tools to the team for next season to try to be better.

Next season, will it be more difficult as more teams see Spurs as a big scalp?

I think this season was like that. It's always a challenge to play Tottenham as it was the season before. That is very good for us. When you play with the opponent always a challenge to beat you, you need to be strong and train and to push yourself every day on the training ground and need to be fitter than the opponent, stronger in your mind.

You need to try to find solutions in every situation on the pitch. It's good to push us and that condition I like a lot to push us to be better every day. Sure next season will be tough. It's not only the challenge to compete against Tottenham, but it's to show and challenge at Wembley.

It's a big opportunity for every team. I think some teams, they never play at Wembley and next season they will have the opportunity for one game. It's a big challenge for everyone.

Have you had the opportunity to congratulate Antonio Conte?

No, the opportunity was before the game to send my congratulations. I don't have his number but I you can congratulate through the cameras, the media.

Mousa Dembele hasn't started the last few games, is he fit?

He's struggling with his foot. We will see what happens now after Sunday. He needs to see a specialist. It's ok, but maybe not in his best interest to play 90 minutes.

Is it the same foot injury as before?

Yes, but he's being careful to stay available to help the team in the last few weeks. I want to say that we appreciate that a lot, it's very painful for him but he's trying to do his best to help the team in the last few weeks, try to achieve, first of all to try to arrive in the final of the FA Cup, then to win the Premier League and then in the end to be second in the table.