Ange Postecoglou believes that winning the Europa League could be a turning point for Tottenham, who is without silverware in 17 years.
Spurs will be opposed to Manchester United in Bilbao on 21 May, with the two Premier League parties who are fighting in the Europa League -final for a success that would achieve qualification for next season's Champions League.
Both teams have struggled this campaign in the domestic action, with Spurs a low 17th after the 2-0 reverse from Sunday to Crystal Palace at home, thanks to a Ebereechi Eze-Brace.
That defeat was the 24th of Spurs in all competitions and only lost more competitions in one season in their history in 1991-92 (25 defeats).
Spurs, however, still have the chance to save a sad season, and Postecoglou believes that European success could inspire a change from top to bottom at the club.
“For me personally, great, it's another trophy where I can remember on my old age,” said the Spurs boss. “But even more important for the club, I have always said that it is the meaning of what it does for people who really influence you.
“Much of the success I have had has been really important things. Yokohama hadn't won the championship for 14 years, Australia had never won a continental championship and Brisbane hadn't won one.
“South Melbourne, my first job, had not won in seven years and Celtic was a year, but that is a long time in Scotland. They had to re -retrieve the dominance they had for so long.
“If you look at the historical background of this club for the past 20 years, it feels like a turning point for how people perceive this club and how this club perceives itself, which I think is the biggest thing.
“Until you do it, regardless of what you achieve even more, people start saying that you have won nothing. In our game, and in life in general, those are the things that matter most if people have where you are.”
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Spurs have not secured silverware since winning the EFL Cup in 2008, while their last European trophy arrived in 1984 when they won the UEFA Cup.
They also lost the Champions League final of Liverpool in 2019 and were beaten two years later by Manchester City in the EFL Cup final.
Tottenham won nine games this season in the Europa League (D3 L2), however, their most ever victories in the same campaign in large European competition.
A 2-0 win in the second stage of the semi-final against Bodo/Glimt also achieved back-to-back in large European competition for the first time since November 2013.
With that in mind, the Australian manager wants to use the coming final as a catalyst for change.
“Regardless of what the opposition says or what someone else says, you have to try to break that cycle and what motivation you should do that, are you busy tapping,” he added.
“Maybe there are things we use, but to really do something as big as we want, there must be a higher goal than just closing people's mouth.
“That will happen anyway and it is more about you can make an impact. I often tell the players that you want to go to the clubs you have served at the end of your career and know that you have had an impact.
“The photos I see on the walls in the stadium are all from Bill Nicholson. The winning team of 1984. Many of them are in black -white. Can we get this group on that wall?”