Tottenham Hotspur defender Michael Dawson has targeted silverware in the Europa League, saying that it would be a "massive honour" to lead the club to glory.

Spurs face Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, who are now managed by the London club's former manager Juande Ramos, in the first leg of their round-of-32 clash in Ukraine tonight.

Ramos was the last manager to win a trophy at the North London outfit, but Dawson believes that could soon change.

"It is a great chance," the 30-year-old centre-back is quoted as saying by Sporting Life when asked about Spurs' chances of winning a trophy this season. "It is our last chance and it is a competition we took seriously in the group stages.

"Come the end of the season I could be lifting this trophy and that would be a massive honour. We have been in the Champions League in the time [Ramos] has moved on.

"I had a hard time under Juande Ramos, there was no hiding it, but he brought silverware to the football club. We would like to have won more silverware since then. We are striving high, we know are aims, we want to be in the Champions League spots."

Dawson has made 32 appearances for Tottenham so far this campaign.