Postecoglou explains why Bissouma won't take penalties & Levy relationship

The Tottenham boss has been speaking about who takes on the penalty taking role after Harry Kane's departure and his own relationship with the club's chairman

Ange Postecoglou has joked that Yves Bissouma is unlikely to be Tottenham's new penalty taker and has explained why it is important for him to form a connection with the club's decision-makers like chairman Daniel Levy.

The Spurs era under Postecoglou has started brightly with a draw at Brentford and then an eye-catching victory at home against Manchester United. As Tottenham visit Bournemouth on Saturday, most of all the Australian's impact has been felt behind the scenes as he has pulled together a club that had been left fractured by a mess of a season with so many different head coaches in quick succession.

Now everyone at Tottenham is pulling in the same direction again, even after losing the club's star player with Harry Kane's move to Bayern Munich. One question though is who will take the penalties at Spurs now the England captain has decided to ply his trade in the Bundesliga?

"I saw a few of them trying today. Sonny is up there, I think Madders and Richy are all sort of in there," said Postecoglou before chuckling. "Bissouma I have seen take about 500 and miss about 495 but he is still out there practising, so I don't know but it is somewhere in that order."

The Spurs boss has started to see evidence of a growing link-up between his attacking players in training with James Maddison trying to thread it all together, but the Australian feels it's only the early days of their relationships.

"Yeah I am [seeing that] and that is where I know we still have a long way to go because there isn't that understanding yet. Madders has been with us for like a month and two