"I saw that, because when we were trying to sign players, we weren't in the market for those players. There's certain players that we I mean, at the end of my first year when we finished fifth, for me, okay, how do you go from fifth to really challenging? Well, we had to sign Premier League ready players. But finishing fifth that year didn't get us in the Champions League, so we ended up signing Dom Solanke, who was, absolutely I was really keen, I really like him, and three teenagers. I was looking at Pedro Neto, and Mbeumo, and Semenyo. Marc Guehi. If we're going to go from fifth to there, that's what the other big clubs would do in that moment."
"They're not a big club!"
Tottenham possess an exceptional stadium and state-of-the-art training facilities while maintaining a restrictive wages structure that limits overall expenditure. The club did not pursue proven Premier League players such as Bryan Mbeumo, Pedro Neto, Antoine Semenyo, and Marc Guehi because of wage constraints. After finishing fifth, the club signed Dom Solanke and three teenagers instead of multiple ready-made Premier League signings. The wage policy created a gap between infrastructure ambition and recruitment capability, reducing the club's ability to move from a top-five finish to genuine title or Champions League challengers.
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