Ange Postecoglou has said he believes Tottenham are in the race for the Premier League title but warned it will be “pointless” if they do not finish the season stronger than they started it.
Spurs travel to Manchester United on Sunday in fifth place, six points behind leaders Liverpool with 20 games played.
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Expectations were low at Tottenham following the summer sale of star striker Harry Kane to Bayern Munich, but Postecoglou has revived the club with an exciting brand of football, raising questions over whether Spurs have a realistic fighting chance. so it would be a first victory in the league. since 1961.
“By that definition, if I said 'no,' you would turn around and say 'Come on, Ange' because, by definition, we are [in the title race]It is not like this? So yes, we are,” he said Friday.
“I've said that all along, until you get to the point where you're not, why would you rule out the possibility?”
After a strong start to the season, Spurs suffered four defeats in five games as injuries decimated their squad before regaining their form over Christmas and New Year, most recently beating Burnley to reach the FA Cup fourth round last week. pass.
Postecoglou continued: “We went through a really difficult period, but we held on. We had four games where the results went against us, but we recovered.”
“We had a little setback, we're still there. I think our performances for the most part have been pretty consistent but, again, all of that is meaningless unless we finish the season stronger than the first and that's what we achieved “. I have to do.”
Spurs moved quickly in the January market to sign Timo Werner on loan from RB Leipzig and Radu Dragusin from Genoa in a deal worth around €30 million ($32.9 million).
Djed Spence arrived on loan to Genoa, while Eric Dier followed Kane to Bayern, initially on loan but with an option to buy for between 2 and 4 million euros.
Asked if the club could make any further additions amid ongoing links with Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher, Postecoglou said: “We'll see. “We had some pretty clear objectives which we've delivered on for now.
“We're still… I think I said every window is an opportunity for us to get better. If there's an opportunity for us to get better, we'll take it, but what we were trying to accomplish in addressing it is that.” “I'm very happy to have two players who I think will play a very important role for us in this second half of the year and in the future.”
