Igor Tudor believes he has the soldiers at Tottenham to fight a relegation battle but they will have to do things they won't like to climb the Premier League table.

The Croatian has come into Spurs with the same no-nonsense approach he arrived with at clubs like Juventus, Lazio, Udinese, Hellas Verona and Marseille before dramatically pushing those sides up their respective tables. Tottenham need his football firefighting skills because they sit 16th in the Premier League and just four points above the drop zone.

Tudor admitted after his debut defeat against league leaders Arsenal that the job at Spurs was a bigger one than he expected before he walked through the doors. The 47-year-old has previously stated that he wants the team to come together to go to war and he was asked ahead of Sunday's trip to Fulham whether he has enough soldiers to do so.

"What do you think? I hope so. I believe, yes," said the interim head coach. "After the first game I said if you play against the best team...