Antonio Conte insists his goal at Tottenham is to win the Premier League

Tottenham head coach Antonio Conte’s ambition is to win the Premier League, but says there is a long path ahead before that can happen.

The Italian, who has been in charge for three months, has often spoken about how big a gap there is between his side and the likes of Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea after a huge drop in recent years.

Conte has got Spurs challenging for Champions League qualification, but he does not believe that should be the limit of their ambition.

However, the first three months in the role have shown him that there is plenty of work ahead.

“My first target, I repeat, is to try to create a foundation for this team and for this club. The results are later,” he said.

“If you don’t have a good foundation, if you don’t create a good structure, then we speak about nothing. You can only hope.

“In this moment we have to work a lot. Compared to the past, I think we are now a bit better because we are more complete as a squad but the path in front of us is long.

“And it’s important to understand this, that we want to start to go on this path… this is the most important thing for me.

“To speak about to win the league, if you ask me about the race for the Champions League, my ambition is to win league. Not to go to the Champions League.

“My ambition is to be competitive, to fight to win. At this moment I know very well that the situation is different.

“And we are working very hard to try to improve the situation, to reduce the gap and also … the mistakes of the past, to try to make good solutions. To continue to improve.

“But I repeat to win and [have] a place in the Champions League, you can dream this, yes. But then you have to prepare the situation, to have this target … not only to start the season