Tottenham ‘keeper: ‘Getting Champions League’ in Premier League is ‘equivalent of winning titles elsewhere’

Tottenham goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini has insisted that qualifying for the Champions League in England is the “equivalent of winning championships elsewhere”.

Spurs sit two points clear of their arch-rivals Arsenal in fourth with one league game to go. Antonio Conte’s side also have a much better goal difference.

Tottenham travel to Norwich City on the final day needing a draw to clinch Champions League football.

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This would be the first time the Londoners have finished in the top four since the 2018/19 campaign. They have finished sixth and seventh in the last two years.

Gollini – who is on loan from Italian side Atalanta – has claimed that finishing fourth would be like winning Serie A:

“The last one with Norwich? Since the coach came, we’ve changed gear, we’ve had different momentum and confidence, and the results say it,” Gollini told DAZN.

“The level here is very high; they make great markets. Getting into the Champions League here is the equivalent of winning championships elsewhere, or almost.

“It would be like winning the Scudetto [Serie A], getting into the Champions League. Now we have two results out of three against Norwich. It’s not easy here.”

Gollini has also insisted that he would be willing to join Tottenham permanently this summer:

“I played 11 games and was lucky enough to train with Lloris. You can grow even if you don’t play, although there are things you only learn on the pitch, like the mistakes you make to improve.

“If you have the right head, even observing certain environments, you can learn. In football, as in other environments. I always thought that you have to make the best out of the situation. If