Davies urges Spurs to hit the ground running in pre-season

Ben Davies insists Tottenham must not underestimate the importance of their summer tour to America if they are to enjoy a strong start to the new season.

Spurs head stateside on July 19 to take part in the International Champions Cup, with Paris Saint-Germain, Roma and Manchester City their opponents before the month is up.

Welsh international Davies and his teammates have been enjoying some well-earned time off after the North London side finished the campaign second behind champions Chelsea.

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But with the new season beginning again in earnest on August 12 with Spurs travelling to newly-promoted Newcastle United, Davies knows his side must make sure they hit the ground running.

“We’ve got some good fixtures out there (in America) and it’s up to us to keep ourselves fit and get fully ready for them,” he said.

“We don’t want to come back in and have a slow start to the season – we want to come in raring to go and pick up as many points as we can early-doors. A good pre-season will help us to do that.

“We’re really determined to win games and I think the way we go into every single match, we don’t have any fear, whoever we’re against.

“Even if our backs are against the wall, we’ve turned games around and performed well in those matches and it’s the sign of a good side when you can pick up points when sometimes you don’t play so well. I think we’ve done that in a couple of games over the last year and it’s important that we’re fully focused at all times again next season.”