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Sugar: ‘I know for a fact’ Levy will spend

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Alan Sugar has said “I know for a fact” that Daniel Levy has money to spend if Mauricio Pochettino wants players this summer.  

The former Tottenham chairman also delivered his verdict on Spurs and Pochettino after a breathless night in the Champions League that saw Tottenham come back from 3-0 down on aggregate to go through on away goals.

Talking on the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast show (Thursday, talkSPORT, 8.30am) Sugar said, “What a game, unbelievable, unbelievable. First off, hats off to Liverpool. Then in the morning we were saying we’d got to do the same.

“Then we go 2-0 down and the players have got Instagram on their phones and they’re browsing photos. Then the second half comes and the rest is history.”

Sugar also heaped praise on Mauricio Pochettino and said, “You saw the emotion of Pochettino and it was unbelievable. Real men cry.

“You’ve got to admire him. He’s been with us a while, he came from Southampton, people might have been sceptical. His ethos is to bring young players through. There’s been a lot of talk about Daniel Levy having his wallet shut because of the new stadium.

“I know for a fact that’s not true. Pochettino doesn’t want to buy people and if he doesn’t want to buy people he won’t. And he gets rid of people who he doesn’t want to work with. I hope we hold onto him.”

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Pochettino said that he didn’t buy players over the last two transfer windows because he couldn’t find anyone that would improve his squad. You’ve got to take that with a pinch of salt and no-matter what Sugar has said, the new stadium must make some impact on Tottenham’s ability to spend. However, it does sound like funds were there and that they certainly are going to be there this summer if Pochettino wants to buy new players. Winning the Champions League would be an incredible way to attract new players and we think that after two windows of inactivity, Spurs are going to be busy this summer. We think a lot of players will be leaving and at least 2-3 new faces will be coming in. A new striker was top of the list but Lucas Moura has come up with two hat-tricks in the space of a few weeks to show that he could be the man to lead the line whenever Kane is out. It was an incredible performance from him in Amsterdam and he’s written his way into the Tottenham history books with his second three-goal haul.

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