Eric Dier reveals Ange Postecoglou does NO tactical work in training
Eric Dier has opened up on his experience working with Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham and revealed the Australian never focuses on tactical work in training.
Dier, 30, moved to Bayern Munich on loan in January, bringing to an end his 10-year spell at Spurs.
The defender - who has also won 49 caps for England - was a key man under Mauricio Pochettino, Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte while in north London, racking up 365 appearances in total for the club.
However, Postecoglou never took a fancy to Dier, with the 30-year-old playing just four times in the Premier League this season as he slipped down the pecking order.
And, when questioned on his time at Tottenham under Postecoglou, Dier opened up on his training style, while he also revealed what it was like to work with Antonio Conte.
'Interestingly, he really doesn’t do any tactical work (in training),' he said, speaking to Gary Neville on The Overlap, brought to you by Sky Bet.
'What he does is, every single training drill from Monday to Friday is drawn up to represent the way that he wants to play.
'Conte, I could do it blind, but that was a lot of tactical work Monday to Friday, a lot of ten versus zero, walkthroughs.
'You were so well drilled, it would be engrained in you.'
During Dier's time at the club, Tottenham were twice runners-up in the EFL Cup, while they also lost the Champions League final to Liverpool in 2019.
Meanwhile, under Pochettino in 2015-16 and 2016-17, Spurs were in the title race before falling away late in the season.
And the defender admitted that missing out on silverware is something that hurts, but also hit out at the teams he was a part of being labelled as 'Spursy' - which is a derogatory term effectively mocking Tottenham's failure to win trophies.
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