10. Sergio Reguilon - £27m (from Real Madrid, 2020)-now loaned out to Atletico Madrid
9. Heung-min Son - £27m (from Leverkusen, 2015)-money well spent
8. Roberto Soldado - £27m (from Valencia, 2013)-In his debut campaign with Spurs he only scored six times in the Premier League, with four of those goals coming from the penalty spot.16 goals in 76 appearances.
7. Steven Bergwijn - £27m (from PSV, 2020)- He scored 8 in 83 apps
6. Giovani Lo Celso - £29m (from Betis, 2020)-on loan in 2022.
5. Moussa Sissoko - £31m (from Newcastle, 2016)-joke signing. stayed for 5 yrs
4. Davinson Sanchez - £38m (from Ajax, 2017)-stilll there 6 yrs later on the bench
3. Pedro Porro - £40m (from Sporting, 2023)-wait and see-not looking good
3. Christian Romero - £45m (from Atalanta, 2022)-as above
2. Tanguy Ndombele - £54m (from Lyon, 2019)-diaster signing-out on loan
1. Richarlison - £60m (from Everton, 2022)-wait and see
11 big signings-only 1 success-who is responsible for the state of affairs
where the problem lies-CRAAP recruitment
posted on 30/4/23
Bales, I think yours is very similar to Arsenal?
And how many titles have they won? How many trophies?
Let’s be honest, your spending attracts a certain level of player and that level is beneath City, United, Chelsea and Liverpool.
Spurs could have done better, of course.
But I think it’s fair to point out the limitations in Tottenham’s potential based on relative spend levels.
posted on 30/4/23
Yes? Exactly. There's no reason we couldn't have won a bunch of cups at our level of spending. Let's not forget that's being supplemented by our all time record goalscorer who was free..
All you're doing is saying richer clubs win more. I get it. But it's not informative at all. Do I want an oil money owner? Not really. I just want to see an actual football strategy. And I think we can be successful at our level of revenue. Of course we can.
posted on 30/4/23
To be specific, players will choose United and City even if we offered the same wages. Chelsea are a good reason why we shouldn't follow that model. We pay roughly the same as Liverpool AFAIK. They've just recruited a lot better in line with a top manager.
posted on 30/4/23
That’s not what I’m saying at all.
To the OP, I’m saying that the money spent on players needs to be considered in line with how wages compare alongside trophy winning clubs.
Further, I’m saying Spurs’ level of spending makes your par performance as 5th or 6th.
There’s no reason why you should have expected to win a bunch of cups and I don’t know why you’d think that’s realistic.
posted on 1/5/23
There’s no reason why you should have expected to win a bunch of cups and I don’t know why you’d think that’s realistic.
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That is what you're saying. You brought up Arsenal. There's no reason we couldn't have won the FA cups they have since the Poch/Kane era. At all.
posted on 1/5/23
Oh no there is. A scattergun approach to hiring and firing managers and players with no actual strategy or plan
posted on 1/5/23
Crap is not a bad word
posted on 1/5/23
comment by RipleysCat (U1862)
posted 13 hours, 37 minutes ago
The problem is that £30m buys an average player these days. And has done for almost a decade. Fill your squad with £30m signings, and you end up with an average squad.
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£30m bought both Akanji AND Alvarez. The two of them would have transformed Spurs season. They tend to buy badly though, thus where they are.
posted on 1/5/23
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 11 hours, 54 minutes ago
That’s not what I’m saying at all.
To the OP, I’m saying that the money spent on players needs to be considered in line with how wages compare alongside trophy winning clubs.
Further, I’m saying Spurs’ level of spending makes your par performance as 5th or 6th.
There’s no reason why you should have expected to win a bunch of cups and I don’t know why you’d think that’s realistic.
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Well Leicester won the Prem and the FA Cup, Winston, so explain how that happened on them spending less than lots of clubs?
posted on 1/5/23
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 11 hours, 54 minutes ago
That’s not what I’m saying at all.
To the OP, I’m saying that the money spent on players needs to be considered in line with how wages compare alongside trophy winning clubs.
Further, I’m saying Spurs’ level of spending makes your par performance as 5th or 6th.
There’s no reason why you should have expected to win a bunch of cups and I don’t know why you’d think that’s realistic.
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Well Leicester won the Prem and the FA Cup, Winston, so explain how that happened on them spending less than lots of clubs?
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Because football isn’t a perfect science and random events will occur.