Mauricio Pochettino believes Tottenham are finally ready to cast off their reputation as serial under-achievers.
Which even after 15 years of Levy clowning about running Spurs like a East German tuck shop, is extremely welcome news.
Poch told the press:
“I think we are different people now, I think it is difficult to explain but today we live in the present, and the group of players and the staff and the club and the president and the supporters believe we are strong and we can compete in different competitions and we can win every game and this is important. “It is only three years I have been in England and it is too difficult to explain.
“Maybe I can speak better about clubs in Spain and Argentina, but here in England Tottenham have great supporters, staff, players and we show we have a winning mentality. I think that to speak about the past is not fair because from the beginning of the season we show with our supporters we can get success from the season.”
The top four play all each other next weekend as we visit the Etihad Stadium while the Arse host Leicester City, and Pochettino believes his side can be confident against Manchester City, whom they beat 4-1 earlier in the season.
“Always confident, always,” Pochettino said. “Because you need to translate the belief to your players, make the players feel that you believe. And then it’s football, you can win, you can lose, but you need to believe and now we need to prepare for the next game and ensure that we can be ready.
“Our best game was against City, yes, when we won 4-1. I think Saturday against Watford was one of the best games. Maybe only 1-0 but I think if we analyse the game we played very well. I think it was one of the best games.”
If we beat Manchester City, then surely it’s game on?
