Joe Hart has opened up on why he joined Tottenham despite knowing he would not be the number one.
Hart joined Spurs in the summer after leaving Burnley at the end of his contract having made just 19 league appearances across two years.
He did so well aware that he wouldn't be wrestling the number one jersey from experienced France international and Spurs captain Hugo Lloris, but that didn't stop Hart from putting pen-to-paper.
"I crave football. I realised I just love being at the top. I love being around a club where you play three games a week and if you don't win it is a big deal," he told BBC.
"I am not stupid. That opportunity was not going to come in a given number one slot. After working out what Jose wanted from his squad and what he thought I could bring to it, it matched what I thought.
"I haven't come to shake it up. I have come to make Tottenham better."
Lloris also spoke about Jose Mourinho and what the Portuguese boss has asks of him.
"Jose is very clever at how he works the media," added the England international. "He is a different guy in his own environment, with his own players. He asks you to give your best and show your quality. That is how I work.
"I don't claim to be the most talented guy in the world but I will give it everything.
"Trust works both ways. He definitely gives that and I enjoy working with him."
Spurs have made a good start to the season, picking up 11 points from their first six Premier League games, sitting just two points from the top of the table.
And Hart believes he and his teammates are indeed trending in the right direction, continuing: "We are moving in the right direction. Jose inherited a good team and he has made some shrewd additions.
"There is a big difference between saying you want to win something and showing and believing and doing the right things to put yourself in the best position to win.
"Where you want to be is when all the finals are over and the Premier League is finished, everyone can look at each other and say we left nothing out there and threw everything at it."
