‘Arsenal fans will disagree’: Jamie Carragher makes Tottenham Hotspur claim

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Jamie Carragher has written in The Telegraph that Tottenham Hotspur winning the title would be great for the Premier League.

The former Liverpool star, who now works as a pundit for Sky Sports, has added that he knows that Arsenal fans will not agree with his claim.

Carragher has added that he does not think that even Spurs players believe that they can win the title this season.

The Englishman wrote in The Telegraph: “At the moment, the idea of Spurs winning the Premier League remains fanciful. I hear people say it, but I do not think they really believe it. I suspect the Spurs players do not believe it. I am not even convinced Mourinho thinks his team is ready yet. I certainly don’t. Not with the back four they have.”

Carragher added: “Arsenal fans will disagree, but I think it would be great for the Premier League if Spurs became title challengers, or won it. They are a club it is difficult to dislike, going back to my youth when they always tried to indulge the skilful players like Glenn Hoddle, Ossie Ardiles and later Paul Gascoigne.

“Harry Redknapp’s Spurs side played great stuff, and their superb football under Mauricio Pochettino deserved more. Aside from a few cups, they have always been a ‘nearly team’. Mourinho was brought in to shed that tag.”

Title challenge

Tottenham are second in the Premier League table at the moment with 17 points from eight matches.

Jose Mourinho’s side are level on points with third-placed and defending champions Liverpool and are just a point behind leaders Leicester City.

The main objective for Spurs this season has to be to finish in the Champions League places, but anything is possible.

After all, Manchester City are as low as 10th in the standings, while Liverpool have injury problems defensively and suffered a heavy defeat to Aston Villa earlier this season.

While Arsenal fans would not want Spurs to win the league title this season or ever, Tottenham could launch a challenge for the championship if they are able to maintain their current high level in the coming weeks leading up to the festive period.