Pochettino - No panic chaps


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Mauricio Pochettino knows the unique project he has signed up for and is fully on board. He knows with a new stadium being built and huge loan payments to repay that huge funds are not available. His role is to build the club, not just the first team.

He will know it is a long term project and that the club have to increase turnover to increase reinvesting in the team. We will be purchasing this window, we all know that, but any purchase isn't simply for next season, purchases are long term purchases who can grow and improve the squad.

When signing a player, it isn't just the cost of the fee that has to be taken into account, their are 5-years wages, assuming the player is offered a 5-year contract, which is normal, which also include image rights. On top of that are agents fees and a signing on bonus.

“For sure we’re going to spend. We’re going to sign some players who can help us fight and strengthen our squad - we need new energy in the team. 
“I’m sure that will happen and we’ll add some players before the end of the transfer window. We are working hard and are so close to making it happen.”

The club have to identify a player and then work out the maximum package we can offer, which includes 5 years of wage increases for contract extensions. There is only so much we can spend, given our income is £100m + less than our rivals. They are not building stadiums at the moment.

We know Barkley is recovering from a hernia operation so won't be signed until late in the window. We don't need to go through that again. next is a right-back and our first choice would seem to be Serge Aurier, who still hasn't signed for anyone.

It could well be that we won't sign a second choice until he has signed for someone else and our alternatives will know that and if they want to join us will wait. While fans may not know what is going on, agents do and targets do.

The ITK on Spurs Community is that we are after the same players we have been after since the start of the window, which suggests they haven't been signed by anyone and there are other options for each player. The lower down the scale you go the easier it is to sign players because they are looking for stepping stone clubs.

We were one but no longer are, our status has changed. We still don't have the pull of some of our rivals, we can't yet afford to offer the same wages package, but as Jose Mourinho pointed out during last season, he can't just go to Tottenham like Manchester United used to do and cherry pick players, as he found out with his move for Eric Dier and the stories leaked to the press to try and unsettle him.

No panic chaps, the window isn't over yet.


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