Toby Alderweireld insists it is only a matter of time before Tottenham win a major trophy.

Spurs have not taken a significant prize since claiming the Carling Cup in 2008, but Mauricio Pochettino’s team are in the hunt for both the FA Cup and the Premier League.

Tottenham face Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on Saturday and are also four points behind the League leaders with six games remaining. Their rapid progress makes Alderweireld feel confident about the future. He told Standard Sport: “With this team, and with the people working for it, we will get a trophy — 100 per cent. If it is not this season, then it will be the one after. We will do everything we can to make it happen this season.

“Sometimes it is all about details. Last season we didn’t win the League (Spurs were beaten to the title by Leicester) but we kept going. This season we already have 71 points — one more than we got in the whole of last season.

“Even with the disappointment of last season we have kept fighting, and this season we are in an even better position. Regardless of what happens during the rest of this season, we have to keep improving and get better for next season as well.

“The desire to achieve something and to get better, as a young group, is there. We want to play better than we did last season. We want to become better. It says a lot about the mental strength of the team.”

Tottenham are also keen to agree a new contract with Alderweireld, after reaching similar deals with nearly all their key players since the start of 2016.

Standard Sport reported last month the Belgium defender was seeking pay parity with the club’s top earners, believed to be Harry Kane and Hugo Lloris. The 28-year-old is, however, under contract for two more years, and Spurs have the option to extend it to 2020.

Alderweireld said: “When I signed, it was for a number of years and I am very pleased with how things are going now. It is an honour to play for Tottenham. I’m very happy to do so.”