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title: "Spurs defender Alderweireld never been worked so hard"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Brown"
section: "Match Day"
published: "2016-05-01T12:38:28Z"
modified: "2016-05-01T12:38:28Z"
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# Spurs defender Alderweireld never been worked so hard

Tottenham defender Toby Alderweireld has revealed to the [London Evening Standard](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenhams-toby-alderweireld-ive-never-worked-so-hard-as-under-mauricio-pochettino-a3237891.html) 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.

![Julian Finney/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readtottenham.com/readtottenham/2016/05/520251706.jpg)

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.