5 ways Tottenham can cope without Harry Kane

2. The attacking midfield can pick up the slack

It’s not as if the only Tottenham players that can score goals play the striker position. Mauricio Pochettino’s squad has quite a bit of quality in the attacking midfield as well. Some of those stars will need to step up in Kane’s absence.

In particular, the duo of Erik Lamela and Christian Eriksen would need to pick up their levels of consistency. Each man is capable of scoring goals in bunches, but hasn’t played their best football this season. Without Kane in the lineup, that would need to change.

Lamela, in particular, might find more space in front of goal without Kane in the lineup. He’s already shown some terrific chemistry with Vincent Janssen, and is excellent at making runs off of hold up play. In many ways, his game is better suited to play with the Dutchman than the English talisman.

Eriksen, on the other hand, would need to pick up the intensity in his game. When he’s flying around the pitch, he can really dictate a match. Unfortunately, we haven’t seen enough of that from the stylish Danish attacker this season.

In Kane’s absence, Tottenham are going to need goals from a lot of other stars. The attacking midfield will be counted on heavily in that regard.