Tottenham & "Unsustainable Spending"
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2017
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Joe Devine is joined by Seb Stafford-Bloor to discuss what Daniel Levy has described as "unsustainable spending" in the Premier League, and the effect of a lacklustre transfer window for Tottenham specifically.
Bridging the Gap: Tottenham, Levy and Pochettino - https://youtu.be/ytUh5_FVFms
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| 0:30.1 | I'm Joe Devine. Welcome to Whiteboard Football Extra. Today, I'm joined by Seb Stafford |
| 0:36.0 | Bloor to talk about what Daniel Levy has described as unsustainable |
| 0:39.9 | spending in the Premier League, and also the effect of a, to this point, lackluster transfer |
| 0:45.6 | window for Tottenham specifically. Before we get started, though, I'd like to ask if regular |
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| 1:01.5 | We won't hear from Danny and Matt this week, but they are still out in the Netherlands. New |
| 1:06.2 | videos of their journey will be up on the channel on Saturdays, so do check in for those. |
| 1:11.6 | Thanks for listening and enjoy the podcast. |
| 1:14.5 | Seb, I want to ask you about Daniel Levy's statement last week, or a couple of weeks |
| 1:18.9 | ago, actually, regarding Tottenham's transfer policy. |
| 1:22.2 | This summer, we've seen the top clubs in the Premier League spend a lot of money, |
| 1:26.5 | with projections suggesting |
| 1:28.0 | that the league is set to break the window record of $1.1 billion this year, as it seems |
| 1:34.3 | to do every year nowadays. In the middle of all of this, Tottenham haven't signed any players. |
| 1:40.3 | Despite selling on Carl Walker for 45 million, |
| 1:46.5 | Levy's financial explanation for this was twofold, |
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