Tottenham are in the Premier League title race – Postecoglou

Ange Postecoglou has stated that he believes Tottenham are in the Premier League title race however warned it is going to be “meaningless” if they do not end the season stronger than they began it.

Spurs journey to Manchester United on Sunday in fifth place, six factors behind leaders Liverpool with 20 matches performed.

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Expectations have been low at Tottenham after the summer time sale of star striker Harry Kane to Bayern Munich however Postecoglou has revived the membership with an thrilling model of soccer, resulting in questions over whether or not Spurs have a practical chance of difficult for what can be a primary 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 stated on Friday.

“I’ve said that all along, until you’re at the point where you’re not, why would you discount the possibility?”

Following a powerful begin to the season, Spurs suffered 4 defeats in 5 video games as accidents decimated their squad earlier than recovering their kind over Christmas and New Year, most lately beating Burnley to succeed in the FA Cup fourth spherical final 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 bit setback, we’re nonetheless in there. I feel our performances for the most half have been fairly constant however once more, all of that’s meaningless except we end the season stronger than we did the first and that is what we 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 ($32.9m).

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 fairly clear aims which we have 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.”