Robbie Keane has confessed that Tottenham have set their sights on breaking the 'top four's' hegemonic grip at the summit of the Premier League.
In the past two seasons Tottenham have run North London rivals Arsenal close for fourth place and, after a summer in which they have invested £30million and their neighbours sold Thierry Henry, talismanic Irishman Keane is eyeing usurpation in the capital.
Spurs have demonstrated a spending power in the summer that is unlikely to be matched by many, and Keane believes the signings of Darren Bent, Gareth Bale and Younes Kaboul can only boost their chances of qualifying for UEFA Champions League football.
"If you want to progress and get in the Champions League, which we are striving for, you need a good squad of players," said Keane.
"Competition is always healthy and you have to get in the gaffer's head.
"Every season we are looking for progression, we finished fifth twice and we want to push on and break into the top four.
"With the squad of players we've got we're quite capable of doing it. It's up to us to do it.
"We don't want to jump the gun. We know how difficult it will be. Arsenal are a top side, they lost Henry but they are still a brilliant team.
"The big squad we have will be helpful because you always pick up injuries through the season, with the players we have we've got two for every position which is good."
Spurs' bid for a fourth placed finish in the past few campaigns has been hampered by slow starts and, with this in mind, Keane is eager for his team-mates to show their intent from the very first game of the season.
"We didn't start off too well last season so we know we have to be consistent for the whole campaign. If we were last season we could have gone for it but it wasn't to be.
"We know what we did wrong last season and we want to put it right and get off to a good start.
"We started gelling after Christmas last season, with a year behind us we can really progress and push on."
Source : www.skysports.com
By Alex Dunn - Created on 8 Jul 2007
