Toby Alderweireld insists he has never worked so hard in his life such as he is doing under Mauricio Pochettino at Tottenham Hotspur.
The Belgium international has featured heavily for Spurs since joining the club from Atletico Madrid on a five-year deal last summer.
Alderweireld has thus far made 47 appearances in all competitions for the north London outfit, scoring four times and providing two assists.
Tottenham as a whole have been a solid and consistent unit in the present campaign, with Pochettino’s team having the best defensive record in the Premier League.
Despite losing the title race to Leicester City earlier in the week, Tottenham have impressed one and all due to their stylish brand of football.
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And Alderweireld, who explained that Tottenham are a hungry and hardworking team without any star player, feels his side began to understand the benefits of Pochettino’s strict training regime as the season progressed.
“Here, at Spurs, we also train pretty tactically”, the 27-year-old told Belgian daily Het Laatste Nieuws.
“The manager prepares us for every single situation, but we are more a ball-playing team than Atletico. 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.”
