‘Not good enough’: Harry Kane’s verdict on another trophyless Spurs season

Harry Kane has said Tottenham’s failure to compete for trophies is simply not good enough as he reflected on the dismal sequence that has derailed their season, beginning with the “dagger in our hearts” at Sheffield United last week.

Spurs lost 1-0 at the Championship club to exit the FA Cup and, after Saturday’s Premier League loss at Wolves by the same scoreline, they went out of the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday night, having been held to a 0-0 home draw by Milan. It meant another 1-0 defeat – this time on aggregate.

Spurs created little during a flat and directionless performance. They were booed off at half-time and full-time and there is a strong end-of-days feel to Antonio Conte’s managerial tenure, not least because his stated aim is to compete for silverware.

Conte, out of contract in the summer, saw his team knocked out of the Carabao Cup at Nottingham Forest last November and Spurs’s season comes down to whether they can hold on to a top-four place. They are fourth, three points ahead of Liverpool, who have a game in hand and a superior goal difference.

“Where we’re at as a club, we should be winning trophies,” Kane said. “The top four [being the only target] is a consequence of not playing as well as we want to play. For sure, it’s not enough for this club. I totally understand the fans’ frustration. Top four [alone] is not good enough for anyone at this club, especially the fans. They have the right to voice their opinion.

“The last week especially just hasn’t been good enough. Before the Sheffield United game, the season could have been a whole lot different. You go through there, you take that momentum into the league game and this game [against Milan]. But I feel like that loss last week put a