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Lucas Moura reckons Tottenham are ready to bully their way to their first piece of silverware for more than a decade, with Jose Mourinho determined to convince them they are winners.

The Brazilian and his pals left Burnley battered and bruised last Saturday with a blistering display that really marked the Portuguese’s ­arrival at the club.

And as he prepared for ­today’s trip to Wolves , Moura insisted that performance must be the blueprint for the rest of the season if this group are to win that elusive first ­trophy.

He said: “Now it’s a big ­opportunity for us to learn with the new manager and we have everything we need – a very good coach who has a lot of experience and a lot to bring for us.

“I really believe we can win a trophy now.

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“Each coach has a different mentality, he always talks to us, he tries to put in our ­mentality that we are strong, that we are a big club, that we are winners.

“He tries to put this ­mentality in us and then ­afterwards, tactically, step by step, his philosophy.

“But, especially, he wants to put this mentality – a strong mentality, that we are winners – in us and that we can win.

“Burnley is the game we need to have as a reference.

“It was the best game with the new manager – from the first minute to the last we were aggressive – we didn’t let Burnley play and that’s the spirit we need to keep.

“We need to do it every game and if we do it – this aggressiveness, this concentration – then, with our quality we can go very far. We have a lot of things to improve on, but, step by step, at least this ­aggression and this intensity we need to show every game.”

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Like most of the Spurs squad, Moura was sad to see Mauricio Pochettino leave.

He added: “It was a crazy week for everyone, but it’s ­normal in football. I don’t need to say how good a job ­Mauricio did here. Five years, he put the club on another level and now it’s another chapter for everyone, for the club and for Mauricio.

“I’m sure he will join a big club. Now we have a new coach, a new motivation and we have ­everything we need to keep going and arrive at our ­objectives.

“When we heard Jose ­Mourinho was our new manager, ­everyone was excited to work with him.

“Of course, he’s a big name, a big impact for everyone.

“Everyone knows his career, how good he is, because he won trophies in every club he worked.” Twenty, to be precise, and, if you include trophies such as the Community Shield, as he does, it’s 25.

“Aye-aye-aye,” said Moura, shaking his head. “Can we make it 26? Why not?”

The Spurs ace was speaking on a visit to meet sick children at Whipps Cross Hospital in East London.

He added: “It’s very important for the kids because we can bring them some smiles.

“But it’s also very ­important for us. When I see the kids in a difficult situation, despite being in those difficult situations, they are happy, they are smiling and it gives me a very positive vibe.

“I can learn from this – it’s very good.”