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Former Tottenham captain Ledley King believes Micky van de Ven must build on his new role as Spurs skipper and "make the players around him better".

The Dutch defender took the armband following Cristian Romero's departure to Atletico Madrid in the summer and finds himself in a tricky position with the north London side failing to pick up a win from their first five Premier League games.

Despite this, King - who was Spurs captain for seven years - believes Van de Ven is the correct choice to lead the team and now needs to get the best out of the group.

"I think he's a fantastic player," King said. "His new role now is to make the players around him better.

"I think Micky takes care of himself. His ability to recover and put fires out is something we've seen over the last few years. That's an important element for the team.

"So, I think the next role is to manage the group and get the best out of the group as a team.

"He's grown into the role. Having seen Micky on the pitch, he leads by example, for sure and I think he was the right choice to be captain."

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Tottenham chief executive Vinai Venkatesham has given his backing to head coach Roberto de Zerbi after his side's poor start to the season.

Spurs are bottom of the Premier League after collecting just two points from their opening five games and they are also out of the Carabao Cup, despite a huge summer transfer spend.

However, Venkatesham said he is "encouraged by aspects of the underlying performances since the opening day defeat [at Brentford]", with Tottenham creating plenty of good chances without scoring in draws against Nottingham Forest and Everton, and defeat by Newcastle.

Speaking at the first Fan Advisory Board meeting of the season, Venkatesham "acknowledged the disappointment at the current points total even at this early point in the season and recognised the frustration this caused supporters following the previous campaign".

He added that he believed in De Zerbi and the revamped squad, to which 10 new signings were added and that lost several experienced players, like Guglielmo Vicario, Djed Spence, Cristian Romero, Kevin Danso and Joao Palhinha, as well as highly rated defender Luka Vuskovic.

"The club had made significant changes over the summer, both on and off the pitch, and recognised that these might take time to take full effect," Venkatesham said.