Ange Postecoglou has admitted that he is focused on getting closer to Manchester City and Arsenal, refusing to put a limit on what Tottenham can achieve during the upcoming season.
Tottenham finished fifth last season
At the start of last season, hardly anyone gave Spurs a chance of finishing in the top six, especially after the loss of Harry Kane.
In fact, some pundits even suggested after the England captain’s departure that the Lilywhites would struggle to even finish in the top half of the table (Sky Sports).
A fifth-place finish would thus have to be considered a successful campaign for Postecoglou, particularly given that it was his first foray into the Premier League and he had to completely revamp Tottenham’s style of play.
Postecoglou wants to compete at the very top
However, the Spurs boss made it clear that he now has his sights firmly set on catching the best sides in the division, remarking that his side will aim to win silverware during the upcoming season.
Postecoglou told Men in Blazers: “We finished fifth, but I don’t look at that. I look at that we finished 20-odd points behind the top team, and that is a big gap. We have got to bridge that gap.
“Arsenal and Manchester City are not going to stand still, they are going to get better, so we have got to improve at a greater rate than them. That is our challenge.
“I am not putting limits on us. I want us to play the football we want to play on a consistent basis. I came here to bring success to the club. I have had success just about everywhere I have been.
“Success means trophies, and that has to be our aim. Underpinning that is to play football that everyone talks about and that our supporters love.”
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For all the talk of Conte being ‘a winner’ and having a ‘winning mentality’, he showed exactly the opposite whenever asked about Tottenham’s ambitions, being too worried about potential failure to publicly admit that he wants to win titles.
In stark contrast, Postecoglou is confident enough in his own methods to publicly state time and again that he has his eyes set on the biggest prize and this will not have gone unnoticed by the Spurs players.