Antonio Conte told football.london that his right wing-backs need to make him happy rather than the other way around as they battle for a spot in his Tottenham Hotspur team.
The Spurs boss has currently got Matt Doherty, Emerson Royal and summer signing Djed Spence as options in the position and has stated that both Lucas Moura and Dejan Kulusevski can also play in the role if required with the former doing so at times during this pre-season.
Doherty started Tottenham's final pre-season friendly of the summer against Roma last weekend and Conte praised the Irishman but added that he was not at the required fitness level yet following his knee injury suffered towards the end of last season. That lack of fitness could open the door for Emerson to start against Southampton on Saturday but Conte appeared to hint to football.london that Doherty is the one who he wants to get to the stage he was last season as a regular start with Spence to learn his trade in the Premier League.
