“It’s a really great English club with a lot of ambition, which is the reason why I moved here”.
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He said: “Yes. After our performance and our victory – it was a fantastic 4-0 – we all believed it would be possible to win the league, yes”.
Having also been selected in Sam Allarydce’s starting line-up in his first game in charge against Slovakia earlier this month, it appears as though Walker is also winning the fight to be the first-choice England right-back moving forward.
They had been unconvincing in beating Crystal Palace 1-0 at home on August 20, were fortunate to take a point from Liverpool in a 1-1 draw before the worldwide break and appeared disjointed during the early stages against Stoke.
Alli then made it 3-0 before England striker Kane grabbed his first goal in 10 games for club and country.
He also emphasised the importance of not being distracted by Tottenham’s opening Champions League game against Monaco as they go into Saturday’s clash at the Britannia Stadium.
However, the player himself has insisted that he always wanted to stay put at Spurs, who begin their Champions League campaign next week.
Stoke started very brightly against Tottenham and certainly didn’t look like a side that were bottom of the table.
Spurs have won five matches at Stoke, more than any other Premier League side, including a brilliant 4-0 win there last season.
The England worldwide, 26, has followed Christian Eriksen in renewing his current deal, which will see the right-back earn £75k-a-week.
“When momentum shifts and the game is getting a little bit pressurised, in terms of going against you, we’ve got to recognise those moments in the game and adjust our play accordingly”, he said.
Mark Hughes has changed Stoke culture, according to Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino. “There won’t be many players able to say that they’ve been at a club for X amount of years”. Hugo Lloris, Harry Kane and Eriksen could double their money elsewhere if they wished. “We add another young player to train with us like Kyle Walker-Peters and maybe Marcus Edwards will start to train regularly with us”.
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“Sometimes you are happy with your decisions, sometimes you feel very bad about your decisions”.
