£8 Million for a squad player?

Article by Sam Jenkins
For THBN

With the arrival of Younes Kaboul, the clubs spending is nearing £25 million (£6 million initial payment for Bale, £13 million initial payment for Bent, & a reported £6 million initial payment for Kaboul equalling approximately £25 million).

Apparently, more signings are in store too!

Has the transfer market exploded to the point where a squad player costs £8 million? After all, I can't see Kaboul taking the place of either King nor Dawson. It's great that the club have signed a much needed centre back for cover, but £8 million on a bench warmer seems too much, doesn't it?

We again come back to the left midfielder/winger position.

It seems that the club have spent the majority of their budget already. Does this mean that once again, the club will not fill the left-sided midfield position?

Some sites have even mentioned that Martin Jol doesn't see the need for a left midfielder/winger. The argument being that no other club plays with two front men and two wingers. Fair enough, that may be the case. But at least they do play with a left footed midfielder, who's instinct isn't to keep drifting in all the time.

Do you feel that the club needs to prioritise on their spending? Do you think we need cover on the left, be it a left footed midfielder or a winger with an abundance of flair?

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The THBN team, made up of Sam Jenkins, Jaymes Marsh, Costas Georgiou (PoshSpur), & Jesse Johnstone, have decided to write an article explaining what THBN is actually about.

We have allowed unregistered Blogger users to write comments in the commenting section. We have read all the comments made and thought that we would answer some of the questions put to us.

THBN has implied that it (we/source) personally has discovered news surrounding Tottenham Hotspur.

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As this is the case, we cannot always trust what we are told, but chose to write an article so as to start a debate.

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