Tottenham Hotspur are a very hard working team in regards to their off-the-ball work.
Jan Vertonghen has told The Mirror that Mauricio Pochettino highlighted the importance of high-intensity pressing immediately after joining Tottenham Hotspur.
The Argentine manager succeed Tim Sherwood at White Hart Lane in 2014 in what has proven to be a superb appointment by Spurs’ board.
Tottenham have seriously challenged for the Premier League title in the last two years, whereas they’re also set for another Champions League adventure next season.
The Lilywhites are noted for their hard-working attitude under Pochettino, with their off-the-ball work second to none in England’s top flight, and Vertonghen reveals that was drilled into his team-mates from day one.
He told The Mirror: “When the manager came in 2014 that’s the first thing he said. He wants us to press a lot higher – to help the strikers, help the midfielders and help ourselves in the end.
“First of all you believe him that that is the right way to play, and he knows how to create exercises to play in that way. He works a lot with videos as well.
“We work a lot — 80% of the time — on that high-line because it’s so important to our game. We started again this pre-season. It can always be better, sometimes it just doesn’t connect but It’s so important to the way we play.”
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