Ndombele, PEH, GLC, Sissoko, Winks, and Skipp are not enough to truly challenge for PL or CL next season. One major absence and the midfield drops significantlyin quality.
Same applies to CB, as we dont have the quality to play are higher line and thus give the other team too much space and opportunity to press.
I.might be wrong but not seen enough in Lo Celso to think he will get anywhere close to being as effective as Eriksen was at his best for us.
Winks will continue to blow lukewarm and cold because Mourinho's demands and confidence in him are not at the same level as Pochettino. One a bit higher and the other lower..
Even positions like RB and RM should be looked at, if you want to contend with other top teams.
We probably have a squad which is about 2nd best (shared with about 4 teams) :
- ManCity has the deepest squad with quality in all positions,
- Liverpool have a great first 14 but after that quality and even numbers tail off (so after 3 years of almost no injuries, 3 injuries now give a big problem to Liverpool and hence results in last 6 games),
- Chelsea squad is fine but Lampard not getting best out of it possibly,
- ManU squad position is only where it is due to them being awarded about twice number of penalties every other club gets
- Leicester have good first 11 through good buying (often lower leagues/unfancied players - players Spurs stopped buying under Poch), with few injuries and manager gets them to over achieve. Be interesting to see how they cope without Vardy for 6 weeks.
Last summer we bought to enlarge the squad (seeing a season with more frequent matches due to a shorter season and the need for more rotation and rest), summer before we spent large on Ndombele, Lo Celso and Sessegnon, and imo did not great value.
We now have a large squad, but as you say not as much quality in some positions as we'd all like.
However to create spaces in squad we need to sell, so its going to take some effort and willingness of some players to move on, let alone ensuring we keep and enlarge the number of HG players.
No other club is making much if any change so far in this TW, so I expect everyone will try to shift some players and rebuild in the summer. Meanwhile I'm pleased to see the likes of Skipp, White, Sessegnon, Clarke and others loaned out with a view that some of them come back good enough to play for Spurs and help resolve the HG issue over the next summer or two.