How much can/will we spend?

Don't know but get a striker please . Good morning all.

Our business is all done. Levy won't spend anything big now.

I be a thinking we have up to £15 mill' available........but, if right player came along...who knows !?

Finally saw the Mourinho Documentary last night. Some nice bits about how he studied under Sir Bobby. Guess what AVB studied under Jose. I believe with a little backing he could be our special one. I am all for the club being managed well financially but feel 2 top quality players could transform us into real contenders. For me Damaio and Moutinho. May be unlikely but with a few outs we could reap the rewards and qualify for CL and all the riches that will bring from next season. Must speculate now or risk losing a windfall and accepting Europa League and losing our top star each summer.

It's clearly obvious spurs require a young hungry striker, to add to their squad............Question is.......do they still believe in Harry (Kane).......is O'Bika...up to it ? (bareing in mind he scored twice for reserves, recently)....Or Should we spend !? Personnally, i'd edge me bets and acquire another young hungry striker .....for no more than £15 spend.

Two are the factors which determine how much a club would spend on buying new players: 1) the financial strength of the club and 2) the ambitions of the owners concerning the club. Like it was the case at the same period last season, the need of buying a proper striker is more than obvious. A striker like Damiao could have a significant impact on achieving the targets set up at the beginning of the current season.

How long is a piece of string? Club income, financial fair play rules, wages, it is not a simplistic issue. You don't have a wedge of cash under your bed and give it to a club when you buy someone. When you take out a loan dfo you pay installments? So do transfers, the question shows a complete lack of understanding. Fryers has been signed, as he was promised, as our reserve left-back. We have to be careful so we are hiding him in the Development Squad to appease the Premier League and ensure we don't get investigated for doing what we have done, manipulate the rules.

We all know a striker is most important but I think what is more important to the board is sales of players that are just bleeding us dry through wages.

JJ, Bentley, Gomes non are ever going to play for us again yet must be costing us in excess of 100,000 per week easily. That is at least one quality players wages although it could well be more like 2 players wages as I bet their wages amount to a lot more than the 100,000 per week.

Then we have Hudd and Livermore hardly going to get games do we need both of them now we have Parker back. May be one of them needs to be sold to generate a few quid and we can then bring a youngster into the squad as emergency back up with Parker, Sandro, Dembele and a possible Mountinho type player and a youngster may be Carroll then I think that is a pretty much sound enough midfield to take us to the end of the season.

So I think the board will want players shifting first and then we will see another midfielder and a striker because sell those players mentioned and the wages from those sales will fund the wages of these two new players if not all of it most of it.

Non of these players I have mentioned as a future at Tottenham except possibly Livermore if he is kept over Hudd purely due to his age and it is deemed he has time on his side.

hudd has had so many chances and as good as a player he can be he is just not mobile enough for what AVB is building neither does he score enough. JJ and Bentley well it's over for them, Livermore could go on loan and Gomes seems to have lost his chance of playing for us again especially as Friedal has now extended his contract. So lets get selling if any one wants them.

82spursdebut-I believe in Kane!But I also believe in Levy that he will spend 15 million for Damiao this season!! Optismistic I guess but I rather be optimistic than be sure that our chairman wont spend any penny on our targets!!The time is now.I would Break the bank now for a quality striker now and benefit with the CL money!Its a win win situation!!!

thfan-There are rumors that a number of premier league clubs are interested in Hudd and Livermore plus Gomes might be heading back to Brasil!!Hope those rumors are true

thfan - if it were simple to sell Bentley, we would have done it by now. Jenas & Bentley were on loan, so not bleeding us financially so much. The realistic view is that you are always going to have 3 or 4 signings who did not make it, not playing and on decent wage. Liverpool started the season with Carroll and Cole. Arsenal had Chamakh and Arshavin. Etc... It is not ideal, and you will be incredibly lucky to avoid such a scenario. It comes with the territory when signing players.

I'm thinking leandro damaio..will cost you £25 minimum...but more likely £30 mill..plus.

There is money available. We are one of the few clubs who actually turn a profit. I don’t pretend to be some financial expert because im far from it, but the fact is we need a striker to be able to keep our position in the league. The youth coming through are exactly that…youth coming through….not players who can step in and win matches. We have been in this striker predicament for the last 10 ice ages, and still haven’t spent any money on a proper striker. I could fully understand why Levy didn’t give AVB 20mil to blow on a striker in the summer, he didn’t know how he would take to the team and vice versa and needed to let AVB look at the tools already available

We can’t hold out until summer….again! I think even the most optimistic of fans realise that a dip in form, injury or gradual fatigue of Defoe (or ADE if he ever finds it!) will send us into a spiral. We will be in the same position in the summer as every summer before. Cant attract the good strikers as we will have no CL and cant afford the mercenaries that would join us. Im 50/50m whether we will sign anyone else this window but common sense would say that we don’t have a choice. Im not being dreary or moaning but how long are we going to do this dance before we just get the situation sorted.

Get a quality CM for the first team now Mr Levy. Spend big on a forward in summer. I would love a new number 9 in now, just have been told by various people it will be tricky to get the right man now. Do we want a loan? It could be the only option for up top if we do. But here's hoping we do get the right one! Our squad is looking pretty good as it stands, i hope the good results continue. COYS.

Frank - It just so happens that the Lewis/Levy era coincides with a recession. They initially spent BUCKETLOADS to get us where we are now, and they are correct that that initial investment should help pay for itself. Modric being signed for 16m and leaving for twice that. Getting most of our money back on the likes of Palacios and Crouch - despite years of use (try selling your car 3 years later for the same price that you bought it for...). It is now a recession and even Man City, Chelsea and Man U are spending less than before. Arsenal fans have moaned for years now that they should spend more. I believe that Lewis and Levy are overly criticised here - especially when you remember how bad things were before they arrived. Plus spending money is no guarantee of improving.... Liverpool spent how much on Carroll, Henderson, Downing and Enrique ... with only Enrique (the cheapest of the four) enhacing their team...

Recession..yes, Tony Rich....but as a general rule...most things for sale ...go down. Hence....many strikers / players ..should be at a more realistic price.... E.g...seen quotes of £15 mill' for l'Damaio.......when, not so long ago...£40mill'...was the asking price. Personnally....i'm thinking £30 mill' would do the trick.....That's assuming he is available.

Frank - Plus 10 for the passion fellow yid... but you have no idea when we have new owners or if they will be any good? They might be better bean counting which would be a nightmare.

At least we know the new stadium is on the way, money will scraped saved till its up. I cannot wait to walk out in the new one....***** me it will be awsome. Plus the thousands of other yisd yiddettes that will be there to learn how to cheer ;-)

I hate to be thinking of a shiny new stadium instead of success....only 15 years to pay it off...

New stadium..is 100% a must......to keep up with competitors. Plus many many other reasons.

Buying new players and buying the proper players are two different issues. For the first you need money and ambition while in order to achieve the second you need proper technical knowledge. Also buying new players it doesn't always mean buying above a realistic price. Besides having sufficient money to spend, ambition and proper technical knowledge play always a significant role in order to strengthen efficiently your squad. One thing is for sure: if you don't strengthen properly your squad, you will pay the price.

our new capacity will not allow us to keep with Chelsea, Citeh, United and will put us on par with Newcastle and Arse but of course we'll have a HUGE debt to service- they don't. And if we have to reduce ticket prices now wait until austerity really bites...we'll sell out the new stadium in the first year but after that if we're not competing be prepared for 5,000 empty seats....Success on the pitch is THE most important factor in obtaining greater revenue.

they go hand in hand....

i don't know why the arsenal fans are moaning at lack of transfer spend. seems to me, they have acquired many players over the last 5 years. Just bought the wrong ones !!!...lol

Tony Tony Tony the good old recession debate. Look, nobody is saying going out and splash 80m on luxury players we don’t need. We are a football club, and we need a striker, we have the money to buy one….am I missing something. We have needed a striker for the last four years, and whilst we are unfortunately in a recession, so are the rest of the world. If you want to look at it in from a business point of view, its like an accountancy not employing any chartered accounts. RE the stadium, had Levy/ENIC or whoever not dragged their heels the stadium would have been well under way long before the recession hit.

It should be remembered that THFC is only the latest in a list of FCs previously owned by ENIC, and they demonstrated the same attitudes at every one of these.

Yes, hudderspur......they definatley dragged their heels.....and i'm very dissapointed with them. For acquiring extra monies via...selling the project with false dates. Then announcing delays..and finish build for 2017/18................They upset my 11 year old son.....and me.

sheboy2 - you have to be thinking of the new stadium? Why? And its not instead of success mate. We just dont chuck money at players the same way as say chelsea

As someone elses has pointed out i think DL has two clear objectives this transfer window and one can not happen without the other. The first being that we need to off load a few players, players with a nominal transfer fee but eat into the coffers with their significant weekly wage. In my opinion the likes of Gallas (approx £60kpw), Bentley (£50k), Jenas (£40k), Gomes (£45k) should be moved on for very little money. However, this does create squad space and potentially £200k off the wages. If this does happen then I would imagine that DL would be prepared to dip into his wallet for that 'special player'. After all even he (with his small hands and extremely deep pockets) must see the benefit in spending say £25m now should it secure £90m (£57m from TV rights and £30m+ for CL qualification) in the summer. As ever with this great club I do not expect anything to happen until at least the w/c 22 Jan!

1984Spurs, you are right but that was also the case last season: spend 7-10m for a proper striker and safeguard CL participation and revenue and eventually winning the FA cup. But Levy and Co had a different opinion and ambition, of course!

ioan.....think you are close to being right....but i do think they made offers for Loic Remy..last jan'...but were not prepared to pay £15 plus....at the time. Then settled for Saha..........i Hate chelsea !!

jod....is that due to house prices ?

29.. but playing the best football of his career at the moment...

If we only sign one more player in this window it has to be a striker. If Negredo is available at a reasonable price then we have to take a punt as he still has a good 4-5 years left in him & is a great all round goalscorer. As far as Leandro Damiao is concerned, I never understood the £30m+ valuation being banded about in the past & now it is a nearer £10-15m it seems fairer but still a huge gamble. I've seen him play a few times and I never get the feeling he is that big a threat & his stats arent that impressive to say he plays in a primarily attacking league & even less so in Brazil shirt surrounded by undoubted talent. However, some on here would probably let him have his way with their partners if it meant him playing in a Spurs shirt so what do I know.

Based on our signings this transfer window, we seem to be opting for the younger talents. As we know we have put in place a great development structure and have great training facilities now.

i agree with buying younger and cheaper and nurturing the players (not in a Jimmy Saville way, lol)...

But when you have players like Sneijder and Negredo willing to come to the PL... dont u jump at the chance.

we could have Wesley for 8-10m and Negredo for around 15m...

if we could have these 2 players for the next 2-3 seasons,,, i think we are pushing for bigger and better things... both are experianced at the highest level...

Come on Levy

@Yidmarks - Sneijder won't happen because we will not pay even close to his wages. If he was happy to take a pay cut then why didn't he take it at Inter? Negredo could be a good shout but he won't be £15m. Sevilla have reportedly rejected a bid of £14m.

@shedboy2 - I think Parker was an excellent buy and worth the wgaes, especially as the transfer fee was quite low. He is a top central midfielder and brings valuable experience and leadership to a generally young squad. How much do you think Sandro's development has benefitted from training with Parker last season? Definitely not a player we can afford to lose.

Hey, can anyone clarify the ownership situation with leandro, I read somewhere that internacional now own him outright? is that true or are there still third party ownership issues?

kes -we'll have to dis-agree on the buy 5m +85kpw for half a season of good play, half of average and half of this season on the sidelines is expensive. Sandro was always going to make it- I said as much before he joined and he's benefited from playing as opposed to watching Parker on the Physio's bench...now I'm not saying that Parker is a bad player or not useful to have around, i just don't think we've had our monies worth nor are we likely to.

SpursOne2- I do go to games but I'm a prawn sandwich brigade these days, I couldn't afford it otherwise even without taking the kids. For me the timing is wrong, I think it's a folly that we have persued at the cost of CL football for the past two years...and despite being told it won't effect player purchases- it will, it has...and quite frankly I think it's the sole reason ENIC are in business. I think the owners have a conflict of interest with the fans- they want to make money out of the property/stadium, we want success...we won't have both! all the so called big clubs have got there by being successful on the pitch even Arse (arsen has been a genius for them)....once the shine of winning/competing fades the supporters will melt away, again look at Arse if they don't qualify for CL this year they'll struggle to sell out (there are already lots of empty seats)....I don't think we should be reckless with purchases either but with on field success you build your brand, increase revenue (much faster and higher than extra seats) and then you can afford to expand the stadium...ps if you think the new stadium will allow for kids to come in cheaper you'll be diss-appointed (at least at first) the demographic of fans is changing rapidly...ask yourself why people support Spurs or any other PL team?...it's not that they are the local team or Liverpool and United would have barely any supporters!! And non league grounds would swell....people bathe in the reflective glory of success especially kids...I now see aguro/city shirts being worn around London....wouldn't have happened 10 years ago...that's where the next gen of fans will come from...fans in India, China the USA we need them wearing Spurs shirts and dreaming of playing for us...how many of them are wearing Wolves shirts???

Quote Jimmy Salville ''i can fix it for you, but i can't put my finger on it'' that turned to be bo//ox as well.

Shedboy 2, you are so right, ENIC's true mission is there staring us in the face, and people just can't or won't see it. We are fed a dose of bollox in every window re. needing to shift players out (but we reject bids and loan deals), needing money to pay for the new stadium, running a tight ship, FFP regulations coming, everybody else has got it wrong only Spurs on track. At the end of the day as you say the way to increase revenue is through merchandising, and the way to do that is to win, and be seen as successful. I now live in the north of England, the sports retailers are full of Man U, Arsenal, Man City, Chelsea, Barca, Real Marid and still Liverpool shirts and general merchanising, same when you go on holiday to the Costas, or anywhere in continental Europe etc. This is because these teams are seen as winners, kids follow them, people who don't even know where the ground is, buy the stuff. Almost always conspicuous by it's absence is Spurs stuff, I wonder why? I don't say the ground is not an exciting project (if it ever happens, of which I have my doubts, completion date now extended to 2018, how many more postponements can we expect), but it must not be pursued at the expense of no squad development. There has to be balanced investment, if of course success on the pitch is an ambition.

Frank, ever thought of just enjoying the fact that we're actually doing quite well at the minute? We've progressed under ENIC, only a fool would suggest otherwise. You almost sound annoyed that your predictions back in September that we'd be "comfortably mid-table by now" have been proven a load of nonsense. Lighten-up mate, things aren't so bad, enjoy the ride as they say.

I also agree with shedboy2. Obviously there is a conflict of interests between Enic and the (ambitious) supporters. But I understand also that their mediocre ambitions meet and satisfy the ambitions of the mediocre fans who don't aim at titles and trophies but have enough in finishing fourth instead of seventh or tenth. Also it is true that most of the “not local” fans want to support a “winning” team. Spurs is the 11th richest club of the world at the moment but it is the only club among those clubs that didn't win a major (I don't rate as that the League cup) domestic and international title and trophy last twenty years!

Frank, let me start by saying I agree with most of what you are saying. Let me disagree with the being fed bollox comment though. We do it. The press makes stuff up, we lap it up and then we run with it. Levy is not feeding us anything. AVB has not fed us anything. Oh sure, he said we are interested in players like Willian, Leandro and Moutinho. Well of course we are. Nowhere does that say that Lewis has sanctioned us to spend the 70M it would take or the commensurate salaries (likely 300k/week for the three, if not more). We do that to ourselves. I have not bought in to the Leandro stuff until this window because, at no time prior, was there an indication from the agent, the player and/or the club that there was anything in the works. Now it seems Leandro, his agent and Internacionale are all talking about the possibility of a move. So for me, now it's game on. Others complain that this is a 5 window saga. Only for those who choose to igore all that goes in to the story.

You are right though, winning begets winning and winning begets merchandise. Unfortunately when you have a manager that throws away two out of four tournamanets every year and has his club well and truly knackered before the fourth gets under way, it's a little hard to build off of the success. Ramos won a title. We bought huge to build off of that success. Ramos was given 8 games and then a much more likeable British manager was brought in. His CV showed in three decades 1 trophy. Ramos did that in one year. Harry was in charge when we qualified. I can't take that away from him. It also can't be denied that he was forced to play a lot of guys he did not want to through injury. It should also be noted that he threw away a glorious chance to get in the FA Cup Final that season through inept management of the players under his charge. He also spent 40M on a strikeforce that is 2/3 gone with only Defoe remaining. What did we need when he came in (an up top lone striker)? We still need the same. Never addressed. Levy's fault? Harry's fault? I don't know. I do know Harry and his staff passed on Suarez. I do know Harry continuously mentioned Forlan. Let's see what AVB manages. If there's no one in by September 1, 2013, then it's a money issue and it matters not who is in charge.

The CL run and our play under Harry has increased our profile. That is certain. The only thing missing is titles. Personally, I believe we had the talent to win the PL the last couple of seasons and could certainly have finished higher every year under Harry. That said, there has been a positive effect. In Canada, all of Spurs Europa League games were on cable. That would not have been the case a couple of years ago (credit goes to Spurs for being in it and the PL for being a very watchable brnd of footie). I should also mention that just the other day, while in Sportschek (sporting goods chain in Canada),I almost wept when I saw Spurs away shirts, hoodys, sweats and jackets for sale right beside the Liverpool and ManU crap. Again, three years ago, that does not happen. I'll go further and state that if we still had Puma, this would not have happened. All credit goes to Levy and ENIC on that one. UA is a fabulous brnd and we are now there with RM, Chelsea, Liverpool etc without having had to buy in to the Nike/Adidas brands.

Things are changing Frank, but it takes decades of consitent, progressive work. Since 2007 our franchise value has appreciated almost as much as ManU and has outpaced Arsenal. We are on the right track. Qualify for CL and get a trophy and the exposure will all be positive. Advance to the next round of the FA Cup and we add $210k to the pot. Drop in the bucket or 2 weeks of Bale's salary, but it all helps. The club is improving, the attitude is improving, the profile is improving and the stadium will eventually be improving. Slow and steady. COYS

Excellent post peter. Nice to read some positive thoughts about the club.

82spursdebut, who are we going to bring in at 15M? Leandro will cost 20M. Last figure I heard out of Brazil was 18M plus Gomes. That's more like 23M. He will also be on wages superior to those of Gomes, so the salary commitents increase. Real cost for the player will be closer to 30M. Not saying we shouldn't do it. We absolutely should. But 15M is not an accurrate amount. COYS

The "11th richest in the world" soundbite is a load of bollox, five teams from our own division are above us in that list, but don't let the FACTS get in the way of how easy it is to finish above all of them and win things.

With Adebayor seemingly talking himself into trouble hopefully we'll pile whatever funds we have into a striker. We aren't in a bad position to strike really. City have shown with the RVP saga that they won't chuck anymore money at their frontline, United can't bench either Rooney or RVP long term & no big money new signing will be happy to just sit, Arsenal have too many strikers though all are useless it'll still mean they have to ship out first, Everton as usual are cash strapped & will any top striker fancy playing second fiddle to Torres at Chelsea? Can't see it. Leaves us as the best chance of top level 1st team football, just a case of who? Would love Damiao but it seems way too complex, maybe Lewandowski if he wants a new challenge? Or tempt Newcastle for Cisse perhaps?

Crissybwoy, it's not "richest" clubs,it's most valuable clubs, and we are 11th. That does not mean that we have the cash to splash (this is why we are 11th - we haven't been stupid). ManU, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool are all worth more than us. Arsenal do not seem to be able to spend more than us. So their 600M advantage is really moot as to competitive edge. United are the worldshighest valued club and they get lots of money as a result. Took 50 years to get there, so I don't begrudge them it. City this year (so far) have a net spend of 33M, United a net spend of 43M, Arsenal made 12M, we have a net spend of 3.6M, Chelsea a net spend of 79M, Liverpool a net spend of 41MK, Southampton 33M, West Ham 16M, Aston Villa 19M and QPR 20M. A few of those teams could go down. None of this factors in salary commitments to the players that have been brought in. These numbers are, IMO, irresponsible. Aston Villa could move most of their players, if need be, the others, not so much. Arsenal, Spurs, Fulham - that's the way to run an organization. Won't please every fan but at least they will still be able to watch quality players next year and are not at risk of FFPR sanctions. Even if Chelsea had won the CL again, they'd still be at a loss. PSG, as at September, had a net spend of over 125M. What are they going to win that will cover that and the commensurate salaries? It is ridiculous and hopefully will make UEFA have to get serious about the FFPR. Cripes, EPL teams have had a net spend of 300M on player transfers. That's all debt. COYS

Spurs Allday, fact is, most teams don't have money to spend. Neither on transfer, nor on wages. Arsenal could add a good player. That would probably take them from a small profit to a small loss. If they don't get CL and if Walcott walks for nothing, they will see next season as a really bad one. We need a striker. Leandro or Doumbia would both be good additions. Guidetti would be both affordable, able and young. 7M perhaps. Add him, Castaignos (5M) and Mitroglou (4M)and the strike force has been entirely changed for under 15M. Sell Adebayor and we probably get most back. COYS

well, i know dzeko scores goals at white hart lane....lol Come on swansea. Hate chelski

As someone stated earlier, we have to unload those 6 or 7 players before we are going to throw money at more players. Blame Harry if you will but having those on 40-60k a week means 12million a year. Better still they have no input. Get rid, loans, free transfers etc, Levy will wait until the last day because he knows deals will be done in the panic.

lewandowski ticks all the boxes for me...can't see that ever happening but for me he'd fit us like a glove. Leandro would be a great signing but if it were to happen people would have to be prepared to let him settle but I'd sooner he did it playing for 6mths have a rest and then come back to pre-season with a team he knows....ie now.

Ardone, not the worst idea I have ver heard. I have watched him on both wings, an while I think he lacks composure, Townsend might be able to cut it in the middle. That said, Obika scored two more the other day. One touch and driled in to the net. I'd have him on the bench agaist QPR (reward and opportunity). COYS

Yeah agree about players, get them off the books. Mate, while the owners are pumping massive amounts into football, the authorities will love it. They make as well. I am led to believe that the PFA is the wealthiest union in the country, I'll google in a sec. My point is money talks and no authority will stop it, loopholes and people getting richer!

They did Peter...in fact he quite likes it where he is but I thought I'd use him for illustration purposes....quick, strong, mobile, works the line well, links up, good touch and can finish....a proven, quality young player....why go to manu??? In fact Manu have Rooney, Welbeck, Hernandez & RVP...who does he replace? Citeh have super mario, Dzeko, Aguero and tevez. Chelsea have torres and Ba (and every AM in the world) Arse have Giroud, Chamakh(on loan) Gervinho, Podolski, Bendtner...there's not a lot of room at those clubs for another forward...we have to be an attractive bet, don't we?

WOW there's an ad below saying only you can prevent wildfires...not really aimed at the UK audience I feel....what with us all having webbed feet.

82spursdebut - spot on regarding the polish fans and my 23yr old blonde and fit cleaning lady is a spurs fan, the ironing would just pile up, her english is getting better, she used to say i like footall, you take me up arse-now to see i like spurs vs arse-now, big game.

Frank, results-wise, I can't really argue with you. We have won one of 39 domestic trophies. A few finals and a few semis. Not great. Then again, how many of the 39 have been won by United? How many have been bought by City and Chelsea? It's all well and good to slag our results, but fact is we were a mid-table team that was not even in the European conversation, and now we are part of it every year. 5th, 5th, 11th with a title, 8th with a final, 4th with a semi, 5th, 4th and sit third. In that same time we have gone from beong worth 243M to worth 546M all while balancing the books, more or less. Not as quick as you or I would both like but if the path continues, we are not long from trophies and will soon be in the title conversation, sustainably. I am happy we have ENIC and they did not let Harry take us down the West Ham, Southampton, Bournemouthe and Pompey route. AVB is a seriously good coach and I have every reason to believe he will succeed. We are third with no firing striker and an ever improvinf defence and MF. Could be better. Appatently better than we've ever had it. COYS

peterballb, 13 seasons into the ENIC era you tell us how far we have come. How much the club has improved and that you are happy with ENIC even though your hero Daniel has the worst trophy per season percentage of any chairman of THFC in over half a century... On a cup level ENIC have been a disaster!

Regale us with classic stories of old about how Notts Forest were once champions of Europe.

pelebro, I can't speak for peter, I feel it's important to respect Harry's achievements, but those that still respect his total and absolutely ridiculous lack of respect for the club that's "ours", along with criticising the fans of phoning a radio-staion of which "rent-a-quote" is a massively paid-up member, makes little sense. Harry was so amazing that he forgot how to get out of his recaro for four months, genius.

pelebro, IMO, Harry is a hack, as a manager. Yes, he got, IMO, the, at worst, 3rd best squad in the EPL to finish 4th, 5th, 4th. In contention for the title until January in the last 2 years and then his utter inabilities to manage a squad had us back down the table below our quality. The squad, IMO, the year we qualified for CL, was the best squad Spurs have had since the 70's. He then added VDV and Gallas and got King back fit. It should have been our time for titles and trophies. Now, with an inferior team (no King, no VDV, no Modric) a real manager is managing this squad. Jol got 5th twice with far inferior talent. Ramos won a title with essentially that same squad. Harry's team looked great. Even when throwing poits away to Wolves, Villa, Wigan, West Ham and any other poor squad that were determined to defend. No ideas, no answer. Just a bunch of quotes for his adoring media. England never wanted him. Imagine that. Opened accounts for his dog. Yeah, and I'm next in line to the throne. COYS