5 reasons why Tottenham Hotspur will light up the Champions League in 2017-18

#4 Finish strong, start stronger

Harry Kane ended 2016-17 on fire and will look to hit the ground running in 2017-18

While 2015-16 saw Tottenham finish in a club-best third place in the Premier League, for a great amount of the season it looked like they’d actually finish second. A late season collapse, however, saw them go winless in their last four games, including an embarrassing 5-1 loss to relegated Newcastle.

The general malaise seemed to stay with Spurs going into 2016-17, as they started the season relatively slowly – two draws in their first three games – and hit a really sticky patch in the Autumn, drawing four league games in a row and really struggling in Europe, losing to Monaco and drawing and losing to Leverkusen across October and November.

2016-17’s ending couldn’t have been much different. Despite Chelsea sewing up the league title following a Spurs loss to West Ham on May 5^th, Pochettino’s men still finished the season remarkably strongly – beating Manchester United comprehensively and then putting six past Leicester and seven past Hull in the final two games.

Tottenham didn’t end the season with a whimper, they ended it with a bang. And if they can keep that form up going into 2017-18, then their Champions League opponents will be in trouble.