The Great Defector wrote:No bother to spurs. The only person who can fuck them up now is Levy if he doesn't loosen the purse strings to keep his manager and players. With Levy there's always that chance.
Levy is a brilliant chairman. No one important is going anywhere. People go on about weekly wages being low, but they are highly incentivised. They've got a great coaching set-up, first class academy and are about to move into a state of the art stadium with a huge capacity that they could probably fill with season ticket holders. That's where the money has gone, rather than squander it on numpties. Young players want to come because they know that Poch will help them get better and they will get in the team and then if they perform get fast-tracked into the national side, rather than have £50m spunked on Carlos Kickaball who will block their way into the team because of the amount spent on him means he must play.
There is also tremendous team spirit: people who don't buy into it, like Walker, get sold for a fortune and replaced with two better players. And there is a growing sense that Spurs isn't so much a stepping stone to greater things, as a great team on its own, and one that over a decade ago rejected short-termism in favour of a long game that is now bearing fruit. Pochettino has an opportunity to build a dynasty here, to shape not only a team, but a whole club. Why would he go to PSG, or Bayern, or whatever, and get sacked after two or three years? But still there's this pervasive cynicism – talking generally now, not about you, Marcus – that the only thing that matters in football is money. Or indeed trophies.
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