Tottenham are in the Premier League title race - Postecoglou play
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Ange Postecoglou has said that he believes Tottenham are in
the Premier League title race but warned it will be "meaningless" if
they don't 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 matches played.
Expectations were low at Tottenham after the summer sale of
star striker Harry Kane to Bayern Munich but Postecoglou has revived the club
with an exciting brand of football, leading to questions over whether Spurs
have a realistic possibility of challenging for what would be a first league
win since 1961.
"By that definition, if I said 'no,' you'd turn around
and say 'Come on, Ange' because by definition we are [in the title race],
aren't we? So yes, we are," he said on Friday.
"I've said that all along, until you're at the point
where you're not, why would you discount the possibility?"
Ange Postecoglou has enjoyed a successful start to his time
in charge of Tottenham. Shaun Botterill/Getty Images
Following a strong start to the season, Spurs suffered four
defeats in five games as injuries decimated their squad before recovering their
form over Christmas and New Year, most recently beating Burnley to reach the FA
Cup fourth round last week.
Postecoglou continued: "We've gone through a really
tough period but we've been hanging in there. We had four games where the
results went against us but we've clawed our way back.
"We had a little setback, we're still in 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 we did the
first and that's what we've got 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 ($32.9m).
Djed Spence joined Genoa on loan while Eric Dier has followed
Kane to Bayern, initially on loan but with an option to buy for between €2m and
€4m.
Asked whether the club could make further additions amid
continued links with Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher, Postecoglou said:
"We'll see. We had some pretty clear objectives which we've ticked off 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 achieve going into it I'm
really pleased we've got two players in who I think will play a really
important part for us in this second half of the year and beyond."
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