Palacios relishing Spurs challenge

TOTTENHAM new boy Wilson Palacios is confident he has not joined a club destined for relegation and is relishing helping Spurs stay in the Barclays Premier League.

The Honduras international swapped Wigan for White Hart Lane this week in a £14m deal and although his new team are languishing three points above the bottom three, he does not see it as a backward step in his career.

“I think we all know Tottenham is a big club,” he said. “The players here are excellent quality and it is only a matter of time before we start to move up the league. With the players we have I’m sure we will soon go up the table. It is a squad full of quality.