Sigurdsson delighted with Spurs debut

Gylfi Sigurdsson was thrilled with his Tottenham debut after scoring a goal in Spurs’ 2-0 win over Stevenage on Wednesday.

The Icelandic midfielder was full of praise for his teammates after the club friendly, choosing to single out a number of younger players who impressed in a much improved second-half.

“It was very nice to get a goal but I think the most important thing is getting used to playing football again,” Sigurdsson told Goal.com.

“It’s always nice to score, it probably would have been better to score in the Premier League than here tonight but it was nice to get my first goal of the season and it will give me good confidence for the next couple of weeks.

“As long as I’m getting close to full fitness, and getting fitter and stronger every week – that’s the most important thing.”

Sigurdsson was Andre Villas-Boas’s first signing since taking over from Harry Redknapp in the off-season and he spoke of his new manager’s words of advice.

“He’s kept me calm, he’s just said to keep my head down and train hard and if I do that for the next three or four weeks then I will take myself and how I played last year into the season.

“Hopefully I can continue how I played for Swansea for Tottenham and do well for the team and score some goals and set up some goals. He spoke to me about a few things and it’s all good at the moment.”

Asked about his first impressions of Tottenham, Sigurdsson added: “Fantastic. It’s a really good squad and there’s even more players coming back now after the Euros so it will be a strong squad, and I think over the next couple of weeks when we’re training in America and then when we come back it will be even better.

“Tonight it was only about getting back to playing games. We’ve got a few boys coming back from injury so it was nice to see them out there, and I think we’re all quite pleased with tonight’s performance.”