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[AberdeenYid]

You need to decide if you are counting how much is spent in £'s or how much is spent as % of turnover. Only 6 clubs spend more than us in £'s, and that includes some clubs that have greater revenue (or are financially doped to appear so) ... Man C, Man U, Chelsea, Liverpool, etc. Villa spend more than us but only as they are heading towards financial oblivion if they do not qualify for Europe (currently sitting in 7th place).

And we spend £17M per year more than Newcastle and they are 3rd and just won a cup.

Levy could comfortably spend an extra 10% and still have by far the lowest % of turnover = be the healthiest club. But that 10% would mean an extra £52M on wages per year. We could replace 5 players who are on £100k per week with 5 players on £300k per week, and still have an incredibly well run set of accounts. So the likes of Johnson, Richarlison, Bissouma, Dragusin, Bentancur could be replaced with £300k per week players.

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But we’d still have to buy those players on £300k per week. A player making that much is worth over £100m probably? So where’s the £500m - £600m in fees coming from for these five replacements? We’d maybe get £100m from the sale of the five you mentioned, but that’ll just cover agent fees and signing bonuses for the new guys.

 

[daveyboy88]

Blatantly burned after one of our highest ever wage earners was a shit useless twat who took the money, never gave us anything on the pitch then left on a free.

Maybe if we didn't buy one season wonders, that wouldn't happen.

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club had its pants pulled down on that. thats what happens when you dont know what youre doing.... if youre gonna be splashing big dough you better have people that have an idea on what they are doing.

 

[Dark Shadow]

club had its pants pulled down on that. thats what happens when you dont know what youre doing.... if youre gonna be splashing big dough you better have people that have an idea on what they are doing.

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Spot on.
Unfortunately Dimwit Dan was genuinely stung by the NDonkey saga

 

[Deleted member 16746]

Here it is:


View: https://x.com/lastwordonspurs/status/1911855044384653534?s=46

The first leaks suggesting they will find someone else and that the squad is good enough as is.

Cover for not spending in summer me thinks

New manager will simply be asked to win with the same schlubs. Turn water into wine and maybe we’ll spend a few tokens next summer.

 

[daveyboy88]

Here it is:


View: https://x.com/lastwordonspurs/status/1911855044384653534?s=46

The first leaks suggesting they will find someone else and that the squad is good enough as is.

Cover for not spending in summer me thinks

New manager will simply be asked to win with the same schlubs. Turn water into wine and maybe we’ll spend a few tokens next summer.

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the squad is a lot better than this tho that is obvious. the front line yet again needs upgrades, especially wingers. then they need a new CM...then the squad is knocking top 4. its all very achievable with one good summer window and a proper manager.

 

[Deleted member 16746]

the squad is a lot better than this tho that is obvious. the front line yet again needs upgrades, especially wingers. then they need a new CM...then the squad is knocking top 4. its all very achievable with one good summer window and a proper manager.

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With a competent manager we should be in the top half, I agree. I think the squad is farther off than one transfer window from going higher even if we had a motivated board.

 

[Mariner]

View: https://youtu.be/hm5b3B2ve5Y?si=Mq-ark9DQU6sqqTj

 

[harry7]

With a competent manager we should be in the top half, I agree. I think the squad is farther off than one transfer window from going higher even if we had a motivated board.

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The fact of the matter is, that our 'best' team is pretty decent

Vicario
Porro - Romero - VDV - Udogie
Bentencaur - Maddison
Johnson - Kulu - Son
Richarlison/Solanke

Of this lot, only Porro and Son have remained fit this season. Yet we expect the coach to compete across 4 competitions.

The issue comes with the rest of the squad provided. Either inexperienced or lack quality.

Tel, Odobert, Sarr, Kinsky, Grey, Spence, Bergvall, Dragusin - lack experience at top level and need to develop. Fine if you are surrounded by experienced players - but they aren't, they are thrown in together.
Werner, Reguillon, Bissouma, Davies - Not at the required level

 

[spids]

But we’d still have to buy those players on £300k per week. A player making that much is worth over £100m probably? So where’s the £500m - £600m in fees coming from for these five replacements? We’d maybe get £100m from the sale of the five you mentioned, but that’ll just cover agent fees and signing bonuses for the new guys.

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Good point. But our Net spend is right up there with the other clubs since the stadium opened. How much did we spend on the likes of Johnson, Richarlison, Solanke, Gray, Maddison etc? We need to both buy and sell better.

Personally I think that we need to stop spending on potential players now (we have enough), and buy more ‘ready now’ players on free transfers. If we drop £50m+ on Dibbling it will be a massive mistake.

 

[SpursDNA]

Good point. But our Net spend is right up there with the other clubs since the stadium opened. How much did we spend on the likes of Johnson, Richarlison, Solanke, Gray, Maddison etc? We need to both buy and sell better.

Personally I think that we need to stop spending on potential players now (we have enough), and buy more ‘ready now’ players on free transfers. If we drop £50m+ on Dibbling it will be a massive mistake.

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Bu Dibling is only on 5K a week at Southampton! We can put Dibling on low low wages so we should pay at least 50M.

 

[Teach]

The fact of the matter is, that our 'best' team is pretty decent

Vicario
Porro - Romero - VDV - Udogie
Bentencaur - Maddison
Johnson - Kulu - Son
Richarlison/Solanke

Of this lot, only Porro and Son have remained fit this season. Yet we expect the coach to compete across 4 competitions.

The issue comes with the rest of the squad provided. Either inexperienced or lack quality.

Tel, Odobert, Sarr, Kinsky, Grey, Spence, Bergvall, Dragusin - lack experience at top level and need to develop. Fine if you are surrounded by experienced players - but they aren't, they are thrown in together.
Werner, Reguillon, Bissouma, Davies - Not at the required level

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Johnson and Son LOL

 

[Tomo]

With a competent manager we should be in the top half, I agree. I think the squad is farther off than one transfer window from going higher even if we had a motivated board.

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The issue is we lack elite quality. Our front line is at best mediocre. Even teams not considered top 4/6 like Newcastle have Isak and Gordon, Brentford have Mbuemo, West Ham can put out Bowen, Kudas and Paqueta as a front 3 like they did against Liverpool.

On paper the only really strong part of the team is the backline when fit, the rest is ok. We need an elite CM and an elite wide forward to replace Son before with a more competent manager we can start looking at the top 4 again but the club won’t pay the wages for that. So for me a really good manager I think will get us 6-7th next season.

 

[harry7]

Johnson and Son LOL

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The criticism of these 2 players has been a bit overblown.

Like him or not, Johnson has been involved in 25% of the goals we have scored. A goal or an assist every 120 minutes.

Same with Son. 28% goal participation with A goal or an assist every 111 minutes.

Son is joined 2nd in the Prem for goal assists; and is one of the hardest working forwards in the league, and top 5 for most touches per 90 for a forward.

 

[SpursDNA]

But we’d still have to buy those players on £300k per week. A player making that much is worth over £100m probably? So where’s the £500m - £600m in fees coming from for these five replacements? We’d maybe get £100m from the sale of the five you mentioned, but that’ll just cover agent fees and signing bonuses for the new guys.

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Very few transfer fees are more than 100M quid - particularly now with PSR starting to bite. There were NONE in the 24/25 - Just three the season before in 23/24 (Bellingham, Rice and Caceido).

Top transfers

Worldwide top transfers in the season 25/26. The list ist pre-sorted by transfer fee and market value, where the higher value is used for sorting.

www.transfermarkt.com

Transfer fees for established players are pretty much what we paid for Johnson or Solanke. Solanke was the 5th most expensive transfer in 24/25 - Stupid! A 26/27 year old No.9 willing to settle for 90K per week in wages - Just Stupid! Solanke knows his level - Otherwise he would have demanded higher wages - Levy doesn't! No other Big 6 club was in for him.

So Levy spends enough on transfer fees - Problem is that he spends it stupidly on punts because he won’t pay top wages. Getting in 5 established players isn't realistic but 200M quid in transfer fees could get us 3 very good established players IF Levy would pay top wages. Although Levy is crying poverty, our FFP room is 201M quid.

Tottenham PSR position explained amid £182m announcement and FFP statement

Spurs published their accounts for the 2023/24 financial year last week

www.football.london

As many here have pointed out, Levy's problem isn't just that he's cheap when it comes to wages - It's also that he overpays/is incompetent/stupid when it comes to transfers. It's a bad combination and one of the primary reasons that we are 15th in the league.

Anyway - a few examples of recent/potential transfer fees:

Osimhen apparently has a release clause of 65-68M quid (75/80M Euro) so pretty much same as Solanke.

Fabrizio Romano reveals Victor Osimhen's release clause as Chelsea ponder strikers

Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has been speaking about the release clause of striker Victor Osimhen ahead of a potential move this summer.

chelsea.news

Marmoush was 60M quid (70M Euro)

Omar Marmoush - Man City complete big-money signing of Frankfurt's prolific Egyptian forward

Omar Marmoush has stood out as one of the Bundesliga's brightest stars in the first half of the season for Eintracht Frankfurt, and has this Tuesday been heavily linked with one of the Premier League's top clubs...

www.transfermarkt.com

Kvaratskhelia was also 60M quid (70M Euro)

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia completes €70m transfer to Paris Saint-Germain with Marcus Rashford tipped to replace Georgia star at Napoli | Goal.com United Arab Emirates

Paris Saint-Germain have completed a stunning €70m deal to sign Khvicha Kvaratskhelia from Napoli, who could replace him with Marcus Rashford.

www.goal.com

Brentford reportedly want 50M quid for Mbeumo - same as Johnson

Brentford will accept £50m Bryan Mbeumo offer from Newcastle - sources

Newcastle could sign Brentford forward Bryan Mbeumo for £50million during the summer transfer window to strengthen their squad.

www.footballinsider247.com

 

[spids]

The fact of the matter is, that our 'best' team is pretty decent

Vicario
Porro - Romero - VDV - Udogie
Bentencaur - Maddison
Johnson - Kulu - Son
Richarlison/Solanke

Of this lot, only Porro and Son have remained fit this season. Yet we expect the coach to compete across 4 competitions.

The issue comes with the rest of the squad provided. Either inexperienced or lack quality.

Tel, Odobert, Sarr, Kinsky, Grey, Spence, Bergvall, Dragusin - lack experience at top level and need to develop. Fine if you are surrounded by experienced players - but they aren't, they are thrown in together.
Werner, Reguillon, Bissouma, Davies - Not at the required level

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Agree with a lot of that, but ….. Davies has been very good when he’s played and the perfect 4/5th choice CB. If we had more players with his experience and consistency we’d be a lot higher in the league.

I think with a new manager, and swapping out 2-3 players with better, more consistent / experienced ones, we’ll be top 4 challengers next season, especially with no Europe / midweek football.

 

[spids]

The issue is we lack elite quality. Our front line is at best mediocre. Even teams not considered top 4/6 like Newcastle have Isak and Gordon, Brentford have Mbuemo, West Ham can put out Bowen, Kudas and Paqueta as a front 3 like they did against Liverpool.

On paper the only really strong part of the team is the backline when fit, the rest is ok. We need an elite CM and an elite wide forward to replace Son before with a more competent manager we can start looking at the top 4 again but the club won’t pay the wages for that. So for me a really good manager I think will get us 6-7th next season.

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Before Ange ball ruined our wingers we’d have chosen Son and Kulu over Gordon, Bowen, Kudos, Paqueta, Mbuemo etc. every day of the week.

 

[Tomo]

Before Ange ball ruined our wingers we’d have chosen Son and Kulu over Gordon, Bowen, Kudos, Paqueta, Mbuemo etc. every day of the week.

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Son isn’t the player he was Ange or no Ange and Kulusevski isn’t a winger, his future is as an AM. Club needs to upgrade the forward line.

 

[Ed Vanderlay]

‘Winning is hard” he should try being a fan

 

[spids]

Son isn’t the player he was Ange or no Ange and Kulusevski isn’t a winger, his future is as an AM. Club needs to upgrade the forward line.

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I am not so sure. How many times has Son cut in and curled a shot at the far post? Ange discourages this but it is Son’s main MO. He’s playing with his back to goal out wide which does not suit him. He’s a 32 year old world class player who spends all his energy sprinting back to defend / cover massive gaps.

 

[Furball man]

Daniel Levy, you are such a bellend that my brother has decided that he is going to follow Wrexham, and I quote, “The people in charge there actually want to get the team to succeed.”

Of Tottenham, he says, “Also, Tottenham are shite. My desire to support them is at an all time low - not because of the team, but because the people in charge have no desire to improve the team, but want to make their billion pound investment bigger.”

You massive helmet-cheese baldcunt.

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My boy has pretty much lost interest in football thanks to the mess at Spurs . He used to get frustrated but he couldn’t really care less these days . Still at least he’s turned his interest to playing the guitar which pleases me