Friedel, 40, signed for Spurs on a free transfer last month after turning down offers from Liverpool and the club he spent the last three seasons with - Aston Villa.The fact that Spurs manager Harry Redknapp handed Friedel a two-year contract shows he has a lot of faith in the American despite his age, and he could start the season as Spurs' first-choice goalkeeperFriedel and Heurelho Gomes both started training at the club's base in Chigwell, Essex, on Monday ahead of next week's pre-season tour of South Africa.Friedel said: "My ambition is to get the number one spot. That's one of the reasons why I signed with Tottenham - to play football."Obviously the decision is down to the manager but I am just going to go out and work as hard as I can now. Hopefully I will be the number one goalkeeper."Gomes put in some superb performances at times last season and Friedel acknowledges that he faces tough competition from the popular former PSV Eindhoven man and Carlo Cudicini."Every club now has at least two top-quality goalkeepers. That's been the same at every club I have been at," Friedel said."You are always going to have two keepers who are going to want to play and bust a gut to make sure they do play and that's no different here."
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