Tottenham defender Toby Alderweireld has revealed to the London Evening Standard that he has never been worked so hard then this season under Mauricio Pochettino.
Tottenham have been one of the stand-out teams of the season in the Premier league and would be in with a shot at the Premier league title if it wasn’t for the Leicester fairytale story.
The Spurs transformation started in the summer of 2014 when Spurs appointed Pochettino as the boss, he has steadily built a youthful team with a work ethic and a style of play that has been easy on the eye.
This style of play has come at a price as Spurs defender Toby Alderweireld has revealed he has never been worked so hard than this season’s title push.
Here, at Spurs, we also train pretty tactically. The manager prepares us for every single situation, but we are more a ball-playing team than Atlético. Pressing football, where everyone works for each other, from the striker to the goalkeeper. We are a hungry team, without real stars. I have never worked so hard in my life as under Pochettino.
It’s the end of April and we have just finished two training sessions: one in the gym and one on the pitch. In the beginning, you don’t always see the fun of all those sessions, but the rewards are there: I feel fitter than ever. Our results show that the manager been right.
Alderweireld joined the club last summer and has been one of the best player’s and has built a solid partnership with Jan Vertonghen has made Spurs the tightest defence in the Premier League in what has been an incredible season for the club.
