Vinberg on new deal: “It feels amazing, we have really good potential”

Matilda Vinberg explained it was an ‘easy choice’ to commit her future with the Club after putting pen to paper on a new, long-term deal.

After overcoming early setbacks in the season with a small injury and illness, the talented young winger has become a consistent performer under Martin Ho’s tenure as we sit fifth in the Women’s Super League table ahead of closing stages of the campaign.

Now in her second full season in north London, having joined us in January, 2024, the Sweden international feels a lot has changed since her early days in Lilywhite and has praised the impact our Head Coach has made.

“It feels amazing,” Tilly told us, speaking to SPURSPLAY after penning a new contract. “I'm very happy here. Two-and-a-half years goes fast when you have fun, so it was an easy decision for me to extend my contract.

“A lot of things have changed since I started my journey here. I think one of the biggest reasons why I want to extend my contract is because of Martin and how much of impact he has brought with him since he joined last summer.

“He's giving something extra to the team, to the players, he's developing our individual plan on how to be more consistent with your play and stuff like that. So, for me, it was an easy choice to extend this contract.”

Embarking on a new journey in her career when she made the move to Hotspur Way, after spending the early stages of her career in Sweden, Tilly has been part of a squad that reached our first-ever FA Cup final in May, 2024, before the side endured a difficult campaign in the WSL last term.

Now on course to record one of our best seasons in England’s top flight since our promotion in 2019, the young forward feels the Club is showing upward progress and has outlined her dream of what she wants to achieve in a Lilywhite shirt.

“Ever since I started my journey at Spurs, I've had a great support from the staff, the players are amazing and we do have a really good potential to become a top team in the WSL,” she added.

“We're taking steps in the right direction. We know that we are so much better and we want to compete, we want to be at the top - that's the most exciting part about being a part of this Spurs team, the Club, and the journey. We want to continue the hard work and push even more to be that top team and my dream is to play in the Champions League with Spurs.

“When I first joined Spurs, it was one of my first moves away from Sweden, moving away from home, so it was a big challenge and a big shift of everything. Now, when I sit here and look back, I have grown so much more as a player and as a person, learnt so much about the English environment and my confidence has grown as well. I’m really happy to stay here and to play in the best league in the world.”

Providing three goal contributions (two goals and an assist) in our last five games, which included a wonderful strike from distance against West Ham United, Tilly has excelled on the pitch in recent months and the 23-year-old has put that down to being in the right environment to develop and bring out her full potential.

“One of the reasons why I extended my contract is because I feel like I am in the right environment to become a better player, a better person, but also to grow and become stronger physically and mentally,” she explained.

“I want to be a bigger player, to have a bigger role in this team, and I want to be one of the more exciting players. I want to be that player scoring goals, also creates a lot in the final third, I think that’s a top goal of mine.

“I want, for example, Martin to challenge me even more because I think it's really easy as a player when you've had like a good period, you can get satisfied, you can be like more relaxed, but I don't want that. I always want him to push me and to be like, ‘you can be better’, even if I've done a good game.

“He knows and he’s aware that I can be so much better, I have so much potential, and he always tells me that I have that, and I think it's really nice to hear that. I also know I have so much more in me that I haven't showed everyone yet. It's going to be interesting to see if that's going to grow and, hopefully, there will come an outcome of that in the next few years.”