They bought me to 'be the creative outlet'published at 15:53 British Summer Time 26 August 2023
FT: Bournemouth 0-2 Tottenham
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham goalscorer James Maddison to TNT Sports: "I'm really happy with that, as cliché as it is to say there is no easy game in the Premier League. Bournemouth can be very tough, I've not had the greatest record here with my previous club so it's nice to come here and come and get three points. It can be a really difficult, sticky place to come. But I thought we stifled them really well and got the two goals."
On his opener: "The one today I'm really happy with it. It was such nice passing in the build-up and I made a nice run, something I've been working on, when it works it's a satisfying feeling."
On settling in at Spurs: "It's been very easy. It's not just on the pitch stuff. You gain relationships over the course of preseason. The tours, you intergrate yourself. And then the more time you spend on the training pitch the more relationships you kind of pick up. The dynamics are working brilliantly."
On setting goal targets: "I have but I'm not going to tell you! I like to keep my targets short term. Keep trying to get goals and assists because that's what the club brought me in to do.
"A 1-0 lead in the Premier League is tough but the second goal came at a beautiful time. It gave us a little bit of breathing room to see the game out.
"I'll keep doing what I do and bringing the quality I can, repaying the club and why they bought me. That is to be that creative outlet for the team."