Brad Friedel claims Andre Villas-Boas has given the Tottenham squad the belief they can challenge for the Premier League title.
The north London club will be under new stewardship for the upcoming season after parting ways with Harry Redknapp at the end of the last campaign.
Redknapp was shown the door after Tottenham missed out on Champions League qualification last season following a dramatic slump towards the end of the term.
Spurs were quick to replace Redknapp with former Chelsea boss Villas-Boas, who has set about trying to put his stamp on the team by bringing in Gylfi Sigurdsson and Jan Vertonghen.
The Portuguese coach has also persuaded playmaker Rafael van der Vaart to stay, with the only blow to his plans having been the decision by Luka Modric to leave White Hart Lane.
Friedel says Villas-Boas has injected some renewed belief into the squad and the American keeper claims the players fancy themselves to challenge for the Premier League title this season.
"We want to try to win every trophy this season and as a player that's the type of message that you want to hear from a coach," said the 41-year-old.
"The players are excited by the new era and we buy in to that philosophy. "
We hope we can improve on what we did last season and we weren't that far off for a long spell.
"We have a great squad along with an exciting crop of hungry youngsters. "
You can't just aim for a top-four finish, you have to believe you can win the title."
Punters who fancy Villas-Boas to have more success at Tottenham than he did at Chelsea can back the Lilywhites to win the Premier League with a free bet this season.
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