Sevilla show Spurs how it's done
Sevilla have won three UEFA Europa Leagues on the trot while buying and selling players. They show that if you have a well-defined system and you are not always trying to reinvent the wheel that players can come and go within that system without it having a devastating effect.
It also shows that you don't need to buy superstars to achieve success, although they do benefit of course from being able to only buy a percentage of a player, which is outlawed in the Premier League.
Their side for the 2014 Final, which was a 0-0 draw against Benfica after extra-time and a victory 4-2 on penalties was:
Final 2014
They had sold Alvaro Negredo, Jesus Navas, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Gary Medel and Luis Alberto which amassed £65.94-million (86m EUR - US$96.18m) before the 2014/15 season. Then reinvested £5.75-million (7.5m EUR - US$8.39m) in Kevin Gameiro and £5.37-million (7m EUR - US$7.83m) in Carlos Bacca from Brugge.
Stephane Mbia, Daniel Carriço and Nicolas Pareja had all arrived on loan, goalkeeper Beto cost only £1.53-million (2m EUR - US$2.24m), Vitolo cost just £2.45-million (3.2m EUR - US$3.58m).
Only 4 players started in the 2015 final who had started the 2014 final. Captain Ivan Rakitic had left for Barcelona for £13.80-million (18m EUR - US$20.13m). Alberto Moreno went to Liverpool for £13.80-million (18m EUR - US$20.13m), Federico Fazio had joined us for £7.67-million (10m EUR - US$11.20m).
Also leaving were:
It also shows that you don't need to buy superstars to achieve success, although they do benefit of course from being able to only buy a percentage of a player, which is outlawed in the Premier League.
Their side for the 2014 Final, which was a 0-0 draw against Benfica after extra-time and a victory 4-2 on penalties was:
Final 2014
| GK | 13 |  Beto | ||
| RB | 23 |  Coke |  98' | |
| CB | 21 |  Nicolás Pareja | ||
| CB | 2 | Federico Fazio | 11' | |
| LB | 16 | Alberto Moreno | 13' | |
| DM | 40 |  Stéphane Mbia | ||
| DM | 6 | Daniel Carriço | ||
| CM | 11 |  Ivan Rakitić (c) | ||
| RW | 19 | José Antonio Reyes |  78' | |
| LW | 20 | Vitolo | 110' | |
| CF | 9 |  Carlos Bacca |
Substitutes: | |||||
| GK | 1 | Javi Varas | |||
| DF | 3 | Fernando Navarro | |||
| DF | 5 | Diogo Figueiras |  110' | ||
| MF | 7 |  Marko Marin | 78' | 104' | |
| MF | 12 | Vicente Iborra | |||
| MF | 15 | Piotr Trochowski | |||
| FW | 18 |  Kévin Gameiro | 104 | ||
They had sold Alvaro Negredo, Jesus Navas, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Gary Medel and Luis Alberto which amassed £65.94-million (86m EUR - US$96.18m) before the 2014/15 season. Then reinvested £5.75-million (7.5m EUR - US$8.39m) in Kevin Gameiro and £5.37-million (7m EUR - US$7.83m) in Carlos Bacca from Brugge.
Stephane Mbia, Daniel Carriço and Nicolas Pareja had all arrived on loan, goalkeeper Beto cost only £1.53-million (2m EUR - US$2.24m), Vitolo cost just £2.45-million (3.2m EUR - US$3.58m).
An income of £65.94-million and expenditure of £17.10-million (19.7m EUR - US$22.04m). After that 2014 final again there were sales that didn't stop them getting to the next final, and winning it.
Final 2015
| GK | 29 | Sergio Rico | ||
| RB | 22 | Aleix Vidal | ||
| CB | 6 | Daniel Carriço | 62' | |
| CB | 15 | Timothée Kolodziejczak | ||
| LB | 2 | Benoît Trémoulinas | ||
| DM | 25 | Stéphane Mbia | ||
| DM | 4 |  Grzegorz Krychowiak | 45+2' | |
| RW | 10 | José Antonio Reyes (c) | 58' | |
| AM | 19 | Éver Banega | 89' | |
| LW | 20 | Vitolo | ||
| CF | 9 | Carlos Bacca | 74' | 82' |
| Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 13 | Beto | ||
| DF | 3 | Fernando Navarro | ||
| DF | 5 | Diogo Figueiras | ||
| DF | 23 | Coke | 58' | |
| MF | 12 | Vicente Iborra | 89' | |
| MF | 17 | Denis Suárez | ||
| FW | 7 | Kévin Gameiro | 82 | |
Only 4 players started in the 2015 final who had started the 2014 final. Captain Ivan Rakitic had left for Barcelona for £13.80-million (18m EUR - US$20.13m). Alberto Moreno went to Liverpool for £13.80-million (18m EUR - US$20.13m), Federico Fazio had joined us for £7.67-million (10m EUR - US$11.20m).
Also leaving were:
Krychowiak £5.5-million
This operational strategy has continued. Spending money is not the only way to bring success, but then spending money is all about the wages you pay, not how much a player costs. The wages bill has generally determined success over the last 10 years, not how much has been spent on transfer fees. As such we needed to find a different way while we increase our income to compete on a level playing field in the Premier League.
Mauricio Pochettino as a coach who can improve players is just what Daniel levy was looking for and he is a manager he'll be wanting to keep at Spurs for a long time.
Kolodziejczak £3-million
Aleix Vidal, to just £2.5-million
Ever Banega, Pareja, Carriço and Mbia all redeemed for £4.3-million.
This operational strategy has continued. Spending money is not the only way to bring success, but then spending money is all about the wages you pay, not how much a player costs. The wages bill has generally determined success over the last 10 years, not how much has been spent on transfer fees. As such we needed to find a different way while we increase our income to compete on a level playing field in the Premier League.
Mauricio Pochettino as a coach who can improve players is just what Daniel levy was looking for and he is a manager he'll be wanting to keep at Spurs for a long time.
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