Friday 29 July 2016 16:52, UK
Mauricio Pochettino has set his sights on the new Premier League season after Tottenham's pre-season tour of Australia came to end.
Spurs head back to England winless after two defeats from their two International Champions Cup fixtures - the latest of which coming against Atletico Madrid on Friday.
Despite this, Pochettino branded the tour a success after several first and youth team players got some valuable game-time under their belts ahead of the new season, where Spurs will try and build on last season's third-place finish.
"It was fantastic to give minutes to players," Pochettino told his post-match press conference in Melbourne.
"A lot of them young and it was fantastic to see them play against top-class teams like Juventus and Atletico Madrid.
"It was good to analyse and take positives in for the future, and to have senior players training.
"There were a lot of positive things, we have to be optimistic and go back to London and start to prepare for the season."
The new season is almost upon Pochettino, with just a pre-season friendly against Inter Milan in Oslo separating Spurs from their Premier League opener against Everton on August 13.
Spurs welcome back the likes of Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Eric Dier back into the fold following their exploits at Euro 2016.
Asked whether there were any signings he would like to bring to the club ahead of the new campaign, though, Pochettino added: "We need to add the players that were involved in the Euros.
"That is very important now to complete the squad and all together start to work and be focused on the first game against Everton. That is our challenge now."
