Louis Saha believes Everton have the potential to break into the top four this season.
The Blues missed out on Europa League qualification last season with a seventh-place finish in the Premier League table, two places and eight points behind Tottenham Hotspur in fifth.
Tomorrow's game between the sides at White Hart Lane may have been postponed due to the London riots but Saha, 33, believes David Moyes's side can go one better on last season.
He said: "Why not [finish in the top four]?
"We finished seventh last year, but we didn't start well and had a few bad games.
"The main thing is to increase and improve as a team, that's our aim as competitors.
"We can see that the league is different every year, you see good players coming and it's physically really tough, so any game is hard to predict.
"We didn't start well and still finished seventh, so I think we can see that as a positive. There's good quality in the squad, so why not be confident and do better?
"The start is massive, but I'm pretty confident we can do something like that."
To date, Everton are the only Premier League side yet to add new faces to their squad.
But Saha remains confident that the current crop of players, combined with Moyes's philosophy, will ensure the club prove a stern challenge for opposing teams this season.
"We won't be easily beaten," warns the France international.
"I think the manager has always got that mentality.
"He's always working hard and asking a lot from the players in terms of commitment, so he's happy with the players we've [already] got."
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