Former Tottenham centre-back, John Scales, was being a little simplistic with Sky Sports simply suggesting Tottenham need to buy players, even if they are not quality without explaining that at the moment it is impossible to buy non-home grown players.
"They have got so many games, that is the problem. I think they have played 32 games already and they have got League Cup, FA Cup and Europa League games to come.
"So the demands on that squad are great. Pochettino will be looking for Daniel Levy come back into the market and strengthen their squad and add numbers as much as anything and you want to add quality if you can as well."
You are only allowed 17 non-home grown players in any Premier League squad. Tottenham already have 17 so until someone is sold they can't buy, otherwise they could be stuck paying two lots of wages, one for a player who can't play in half the games.
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Spurs Non-Home Grown Players
| 1. Hugo Lloris | - Goalkeeper |  |
| 2. Younes Kaboul | - Defender | |
| 3. Jan Vertonghen | - Defender |  |
| 4. Vlad Chiriches | - Defender |  |
| 5. Paulinho | - Midfielder |  |
| 6. Roberto Soldado | - Forward |  |
| 7. Emmanuel Adebayor | - Forward |  |
| 8. Erik Lamela | - Midfielder |  |
| 9. DeAndre Yedlin | - Defender |  |
| 10. Michel Vorm | - Goalkeeper |  |
| 11. Mousa Dembélé | - Midfielder | |
| 12. Federico Fazio | - Defender | |
| 13. Nacer Chadli | - Midfielder | |
| 14. Christian Eriksen | - Midfielder |  |
| 15. Brad Friedel | - Goalkeeper | |
| 16. Benjamin Stambouli | - Midfielder | |
| 17. Etienne Capoue | - Midfielder | |
| 18. Cristian Ceballos | - Midfielder | |
| 19. Benoit Assou-Ekotto | Defender |  |
| 20. Bongani Khumalo | - Defender  |
From that list Bongani Khumalo isn't in the Premier League squad and neither is Benoit Assou-Ekotto. DeAndre Yedlin has just arrived and his non-home grown status doesn't kick in until next season due to his age I believe.
That leaves the 17 we are allowed so to buy any non-home grown player like Wilfried Bony for arguments sake, we have to remove one or more of the remaining 17 above. We can't pay more wages for a player we can't use so all those fans hankering for a purchase, for their own benefit not the clubs, need to understand the position.
There is no point loaning a player out and buying one in as then we have too many players in the summer and clubs who know you have to sell are not going to offer you anything other than a low offer. I wrote before the summer transfer window that we had to start then planning for the summer transfer window coming up, but we didn't.
Now we have the same problem and we look as though we are going to have it again come July. Shifting Lennon is all well and good, it will give us some money but we still wouldn't be able to buy a Wilfried Bony, a Hector Moreno because Lennon is home grown, they are not.
You can't force a club to buy your player and you can't force a player to join a club he doesn't want to or who won't pay him enough. Franco Baldini has his work cut out selling those no longer required.
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