i think salary structure is more when they are established.
I'm not sure either yourselves or spuds are going to be whacking out 100k contracts to an up and coming player (unless they are some sort of wonderkid). I'm presuming by these youth players we're talking about youth players with a lot of potential like Gomez, Can (at the time), Alli etc rather than the likes of Sane, Wayne Rooney (back in the day), Neymar (i'm struggling here

) if you know what i mean.
holding teams over a barrel i mean selling players cheap and easily (and too right you shouldn't). You held onto Coutinho for another half a season (apparantly barca were taking the piss, who really knows) but you made an absolutely killing over him. Likewise, for ****ty players like Ibe, Benteke, Brad Jones, you sold them for a lot more than they were worth (at the time). Oh and Sterling (that one went on for a while).
I don't see much difference dealing with liverpool as dealing with spurs.
Both drive a hard bargain which is the point of the long contracts you offer out.