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Alasdair Gold

Matt Doherty on his Tottenham future and why he loves the man behind brutal training sessions

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Matt Doherty has nothing but love for Tottenham's renowned fitness coach Gian Piero Ventrone despite the brutal training sessions the Italian has been putting the players through.

Monday's open training session in front of 6,000 fans in Seoul during Spurs' South Korean tour gave a glimpse of exactly what takes place in Antonio Conte's gruelling pre-seasons. The players who had returned to the club first last week had to complete 42 pitch-long runs at pace with only brief pauses after each third run and all of that came after a near two-hour training session.

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