Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou says the potential of his squad "excites" him.

Postecoglou was speaking ahead of Sunday's trip to Manchester United.

"It does excite me," he said. "Look, [getting better] has to be the objective and the aim and we've got to take every opportunity we have to get stronger.

"I think the first part of the season has helped [the club to have faith in me] and hopefully that keeps accelerating because hopefully it can accelerate our work and where we want to get to.

"All things being equal, we've had some rotten luck with injuries, [Rodrigo] Bentancur, Maddison and suspensions which are our own fault but all these things we have to overcome.

"But with the conditions we've overcome, with the conditions we've made, we certainly we feel we can finish the season stronger than we started."

Postecoglou also insisted: “No, I don't think that would be right for the players and for the club [to set limits].

"We have scratched and clawed our way into a decent position in the league, we're into the next round of the cup, those possibilities are always there and we certainly want to tackle them as robustly as possible without any fear or fear of not achieving anything.

“We've done it from day one, we've had a vision of the sort of football we want to play and some parts are really, really good and have surprised me with the progress and other parts we're still in the early stages of development. We've got a platform here to kick on."