Defining success in football changes depending on who you’re talking to.
A Manchester City fan would define it as winning the Premier League or Champions League whereas an Aston Villa supporter would call success staying up in the English top-flight. And then there’s Tottenham.
Spurs have come leaps and bounds in both worldwide reputation and player quality ever since the arrival of Mauricio Pochettino, who has taken Tottenham from a team in Arsenal’s north London shadow to realistically the best current side in the English capital.
The club now spend £60m+ on new players, have some of the biggest names in English football in their squad and also boast one of the best stadiums in not just the Premier League but Europe as a whole, and yet, not many would say their recent rise has been a sign of success.
Indeed, even after making the Champions League final last season, the overwhelming majority will say that Spurs are yet to be a successful team despite their obvious progress, and it all comes down to the same reason. Silverware.
Tottenham might have locked themselves into the new and improved top-four of the Premier League, but the fact remains that Spurs are a side lacking in accolades, with their last piece of silverware coming in the form of the League Cup in 2008.
Even browsing through their honours section on their official website brings up an entire sub-area of pre-season trophies from years gone by in an attempt to pad out the page.
Tottenham are now a huge club in football and one that long-suffering fans demand success from.
Whilst finishing in the top-four might have been called a success from supporters a few years ago, this regularity of qualifying for the Champions League has left Spurs fans wanting more, and that means winning silverware.
If Spurs want to continue their rise to the top they will need to bring trophies back to their shiny new stadium.
After all, what is a honours list without any trophies to go into it?