It’s mainly Ange and the ethos he has. Finally after 5ish years we have a manager that doesn’t have or expect more than the ownership is prepared to give in terms or resources and control. In some ways I do think Kane leaving has played into it though. A world class player for sure, but he outgrew the club and the signings of Conte and Jose were done to appease him. Kane was the focal point for everything we did for so long and I think that led to complacency and negativity within the squad. With Kane going expectations were so low; some pundits saying we could be relegation contenders or bottom half so that inspired the team to fight and prove people wrong. Ange also give players freedom and creativity to be themselves which is the total opposite of the past 2/3 managers
For a long time I thought KDB was a little but overrated. Don’t get me wrong, he is exceptional but I didn’t feel he was the best player in the league. Last season he changed my mind and I began to see his magic. I do feel be would look even better in a different system, where he would have more freedom at Real Madrid for example.