Spurs can make top four - Bent - Sport in brief

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The 23-year-old England international, who signed for a club record £16.5million from Charlton last month, believes Spurs have spent enough this summer to steal a coveted Champions League spot from Arsenal or Liverpool.

Bent told Hotspur magazine: "Spurs are a club that are definitely going forward.

"You only have to look at their consecutive fifth place finishes in the past two years to see that.

"For me, there was no other place to go. I believe Spurs have a real opportunity to break into the top four now and I think we can be one of the biggest clubs in Europe.

"There's no reason why we can't catch the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool.

"When you look at the squad we have and the players coming in, we can definitely compete at that level, which is what makes this season coming so exciting. I came here because I want to be a part of it."

Bent will hope to fire Tottenham to UEFA Cup glory this season, even though his only taste of European football came with Ipswich six years ago.

"I managed a couple of goals and got a taste of it but I was still really young back then," he said.

"But the Champions League is the real target. That's where the best teams in the world play and I genuinely believe Tottenham will get into that bracket."