Lucas Moura has claimed Tottenham have the talent to produce a historic season and win the Champions League for the first time.
Spurs’ £25m signing from Paris St-Germain marked his full debut with a fine goal in Sunday’s dramatic FA Cup tie at Rochdale, where Mauricio Pochettino’s team had to settle for a fifth round replay courtesy of Steve Davies’ 93rd minute equaliser. Despite the disappointment of drawing away to League One’s bottom club, Moura insists performances such as the Champions League draw at Juventus demonstrate Spurs’ potential to crown the campaign with silverware.
Having compared the respective talents of PSG and his new club this season, and earned a 2-2 draw in Turin last week, the Brazilian believes Pochettino’s players should dream of winning the first Champions League in Tottenham’s history.
Moura said: “I am 25 years old but I think I gained a lot of experience with PSG and I think I can help Tottenham. I think we have a lot of quality and a great structure and can arrive at the end of the season with a trophy. The Champions League is the most difficult cup but I think we have the capacity to win it if we always think in positives and always work hard.
“We did a big game against Juventus away. It was a good result in Italy and I am sure we can do a good game with our fans and continue. It’s always important to win. Every player wants to win trophies, to make history and I am here to make history with my new friends, my new team-mates. I believe that because we have a lot of quality, a great structure – I am really impressed – and I think we can dream with the Champions League.”
Spotland was the setting for Moura’s first competitive start of the season. He had been restricted to six substitute appearances totalling 76 minutes of football for PSG before joining Spurs in January and, though he understandably tired against Rochdale, the winger produced an encouraging full debut.
He added: “It’s difficult to explain, I’m so happy. Since August I have not started a game. Now I start and I’m so happy. This is my new team, my new friends. I want to say thanks to God because I’m very happy. It’s too difficult for a player when we don’t play. We want always to be on the pitch and to play. In this time I worked very hard, I stayed always positive. I worked and I wait for my new opportunity and I think I played a good game and I am so happy for that.”
