SPURS MUST WALK THE TALK, SAYS WALKER

Spurs can challenge on multiple fronts, says Walker

LONDON: Kyle Walker (pic) has underlined the growing confidence at White Hart Lane by insisting Tottenham are targeting a clean sweep of honours this season.

Mauricio Pochettino’s side travel to Middlesbrough today sitting third in the English Premier League table and in buoyant mood after thrashing Gillingham 5-0 in the League Cup in midweek.

Tottenham have not enjoyed a completely unblemished start to the campaign, with the home defeat to Monaco in their opening Champions League group game coming as a major disappointment.

But flying England rightback Walker says there is a growing belief there are no limits to what the squad can achieve this season, at home and in Europe.

“We’re in it to win it, as they say,” Walker told the BBC’s Football Focus programme.

“We’re in all the competitions and we want to win all the competitions.

“We don’t go out there and say, ‘We’re not going to win this one today because we’re thinking about the other game’.

“With the depth of squad we have we can go out and attack every game and play the way that we play, knowing that if we’re not fit for one game the cover is there.

“Hopefully we can go far in each competition.

“I’d love to show my two little boys that daddy’s won a medal with Tottenham. Hopefully it can be this season.”

Pochettino strengthened his squad during the close season, adding Vincent Janssen, Victor Wanyama and Moussa Sissoko, while Danny Rose became the latest established Tottenham player to sign a new, extended deal this week.

The Argentine coach hopes he now has the squad depth to sustain a title challenge after last season’s bid to catch Leicester faded badly during the final weeks of the season.

With striker Harry Kane sidelined with an ankle ligament injury, Pochettino’s squad is already being tested and Janssen has to shoulder responsibility for maintaining Tottenham’s goal threat.

The Dutch forward scored his first goal for the club against Gillingham and said: “I am ready to play. I feel bad for Harry but if he is fit I want to play with him.

“I have enough confidence and, if I hadn’t scored against Gillingham, for me I was sure I would score in the next game.”