Antonio Conte discusses his Tottenham contract and staying for years with Harry Kane to join him

Antonio Conte has told that he expects 'zero problems' in continuing as Tottenham boss for the long term if the club continues on its current path and he wants Harry Kane to join him.

Conte was notoriously non-committal about his future at Spurs for much of last season, swerving questions on it and even hinting that he might not make it to the end of the campaign at one point. However, in the summer he was quickly convinced about the club's ambition for the future and six new signings quickly followed with the Italian allowed to call Tottenham's tune along with managing director of football Fabio Paratici.

Conte has been a happy man during Spurs' summer tours to South Korea, Glasgow and Israel and he excited Tottenham fans on Friday when he said in Tel Aviv that he was looking to work with this squad for "many years".

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On Saturday, as Spurs' time in Israel came to an end with a 1-0 friendly defeat to Jose Mourinho's Roma in Haifa, when asked if a new deal could be in the offing Conte told that he is not a man who is focused on contracts but he needs to feel that excitement, which he very much is at Tottenham.

Conte has another season remaining on his current deal with Spurs and there is the option to extend it for another year if both sides agree to that addition.

"I have to be honest. In my career the contract was never important. I didn't need to sign contracts for one, two or three years. For the club it could also be a weight," he said. "I'm happy, I'm happy. We're working really well together. It's not that one year on the contract more or less can change the situation.

"For sure we want to continue to improve, to build something