The point is the article is being twisted by an aggregator account to make it appear as if it is fact rather than something putting 2 and 2 together.
Who did Woolwich buy in the summer? Jesus has been injured on and off for AGES and Saka has no backup and hasn't for years... though that is why they bought Sterling and they also have youth players who are being integrated into the squad.
Their needing cover in those positions is not some new phenomenon at all - and who, exactly are we competing with them for? We bought a striker last year - they didn't? They are spending huge amounts of money, granted but they are going backwards It's actually funny watching it happen and them not being able to compete with the teams around them for actually good players. It just goes to show that you can throw huge sums at above-average players and make yourself look good but still be nowhere close to winning a thing. Mikel Merino on 130k a week..... Havertz on 280k..... Lol, I'm meant to be jealous of that business model?
And Liverpool - go and actually look at the players they have signed in recent years and the wages they are paid - we can and have matched 95% of them - Diaz, Gravenberch, Endo, MacAllister etc etc - all on less than Maddison and Romero.....
Take out Salah's 350k a week and their wage bill is the same as us. When he and Trent leave at the end of the season, they are not like for like replacing that 27M a year on two players..... it 100% is not their business model as can be seen by every signing they make.
Chelsea and United, fair - but the point remains the same. Sam has no idea, he wasn't actually saying anything specific about spurs, if you actually read it, more about how football works - when other teams need players in the position you are looking for, it makes the market harder - especially in January when no good players are actually available....