Didier Zokora has no regrets choosing Tottenham over Arsenal.

For Zokora it could have been so different had he taken advantage of an offer to go to Arsenal two years ago, when it became clear that his French club St Etienne were ready to sell.

"Yes, there was a chance for me to go there but I preferred Tottenham," Zokora told the Sunday Mirror. "And no, I have no regrets about that decision.

"For me, to win honours for Tottenham is a huge challenge and I love that challenge. I am very optimistic about the future here.

"Basically the team is a young one. Players like Younes Kaboul have come in and they have had to adapt to English football. That is not easy because it is very different from the French League.

"Football here is much, much quicker. Every game is so hard and that's why this league is the best in the world. The attacking football is fantastic."