Fans of Tottenham Hotspur have been reacting to a post on Twitter, in which Alasdair Gold shared an article regarding talented youth products of Spurs that could ‘save Daniel Levy millions’ in the transfer market.
The article on Football.london highlighted seven ‘wonderkids’ in the Spurs youth ranks that could make an impact on the first-team over the coming seasons, all of whom Gold believes have the potential to save the club having to spend big in the transfer market, particularly after the club is set to ‘lose £200 million this year’ due to the effects of the global pandemic.
However, after Gold relayed this article on Twitter, fans of the club flocked to have their say on the matter, with many questioning the £200 million figure he mentioned.
Hoe many years have we heard this ? if were to win the big trophies yo whole model has to change and that includes how we go about transfers.
— ENICOUT (@axxxxop) July 29, 2020
Please get out of this club ENIC
— Philip ?? (@philip_thfc) July 29, 2020
Cop out, doubtful many will brake through or be good enough. Levy needs to spend or it’s just battles for Europa league from here on in! We’ve stood still for years whilst the others have moved forward.
— Justin Parker (@jpparker180) July 29, 2020
It would certainly seem as if these Spurs fans are not happy with the idea of their club promoting youth rather than spending on incoming transfers, as well as questioning exactly why their club is unable to spend over the transfer window once again.
And, on this latter point, it would seem that they have a valid case.
Would you be happy with Spurs promoting youth rather than spending big this summer?
Yes
No
Looking at the table of net spending by Premier League clubs over the past five years, Spurs rank 15th out of the current Premier League teams, having spent a total of £106.62 million over their last five campaigns, which, for context, is less than half of what both Everton and Brighton have individually spent in the same amount of time, and considerably less than clubs like West Ham, Bournemouth, and Aston Villa.
The board will have us believing we don’t need to spend a penny this summer
— Tony Baker (@essexLADtb27) July 29, 2020
No way, I’m not having this
— The Duke of Ekpoma (@dayvid_d_taylor) July 29, 2020
I would love to have a breakdown of the £200 million loss ?, Levy has been doing some ‘creative’ accounting ! lol pic.twitter.com/ZWJwKnTBF4
— IAM Constantine (@IamConstantine7) July 29, 2020
As such, it would indeed seem that this isn’t a one-off occurrence for Tottenham, as the club have consistently not spent, relatively, much money over the past five seasons, and, from their comments, it would certainly seem as if these Spurs fans have had enough.