Match Day Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest

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Citizen Kane. said:
Our net spend since we sacked Poch has been close if not identical to Liverpool's, sometimes vastly exceeding it (this past summer being the most recent example).
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Their success rate with signings from around 2016-2019 needs to be studied.

Think they made about 15 signings in that period and around 10 or 11 were either good or phenomenal. Must have had the equivalent to about 7 Son/ Bale/ Modric level signings in a 3 year spell.

Bonkers.
 
Dier Hard said:
Their success rate with signings from around 2016-2019 needs to be studied.

Think they made about 15 signings in that period and around 10 or 11 were either good or phenomenal. Must have had the equivalent to about 7 Son/ Bale/ Modric level signings in a 3 year spell.

Bonkers.
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Their academy productivity has been a huge bonus for them too.

I think their business two summers ago was also very, very good. Szozb and McAllister both top players. Gravenberch and Endo excellent additions to the squad.
 
Citizen Kane. said:
Totally agree. Of course it helps to have more cash to spend, but as Chelsea and United have amply demonstrated in the last 5-10 years, it isn't an inevitable outcome if the people spending the money have pigshit for brains.

Our net spend since we sacked Poch has been close if not identical to Liverpool's, sometimes vastly exceeding it (this past summer being the most recent example).

It's clearly not what you spend, it's how you spend it and doing things as dumb as changing your manager every two years isn't going to help in the slightest. Nor will spending £60m on Richarlison. Nor will stacking certain areas of the squad with 4-5 options for one position and leaving others with zero cover.

Manure for brains.
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You are arguing against a straw man. Money doesn't guarantee success but not having it almost guarantees failure apart from the odd one off.
Liverpool have had the sort of recent transfer success that we had to acquire Poch's team. That won't last either.
 
"Thanks for that Brian" said:
This isn't true. Since buying the club ENIC have put in £150m of their dosh. That was during Conte's time as coach. That's it. £100m was spent on players, the rest is still in the club's accounts.
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Untrue.

Direct investment by club owners into on-pitch CAPEX/OPEX
(transfer fees, wage costs) is in violation of UEFA FFP rules,

Those rules were in effect long before Conte arrived at Spurs,
 
I think the 150m was a capital investment rather than used to buy players. I could be wrong though as RBDB states, it would breach the rules.
 
"Thanks for that Brian" said:
A good place to start is the club announcement of the investment on 24.05.2022, which specifically mentions it being for squad investment...

<laugh>
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I knew about the 150m cash injection but had no idea where it was spent but I’m surprised to hear it was intended to buy players. I’m not disputing anything as I’m a not au fait on the details.
 
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