Im not impatient at all. I said Im fine with us simply being a club who competes for top 4. We missed our chance to win the league when Leicester did, all the stars were aligned for us with the other big teams sleeping - that will never happen again.Without wanting to offend, your issue seems to be impatience more than anything.
Me? Im looking at the last few seasons and still seeing continued progression, not a plateu or glass ceiling - so I cant really understand why you think we cant make the next level. We are a work in progress, and we are getting there, IMO.
And as you again point out - other teams will spend - in ways we cannot compete with. So why does it follow we should try and do what they do in getting a world class player (something that is entirely hypothetical, IMO, I simply dont think we can).
Especially when our approach has us with the best squad Ive ever seen in my time as a Spurs fan. As @billyiddo points out, our team is as good as any.
More expensive is not the same as better.
Man Utd spent £75m on Lukaku, would you honestly trade him for academy product Kane? (set to be "a Bale", if he isnt already).
£45m on Matic, would you trade him for £11m Wanyama?
£35m Lindeloff - against Sanchez? (I was going to say Alderweireld but Sanchez seemed the fairer comparison).
I do understand the desire for a next level player. I dont understand the insistence that player needs to be bought, when clearly what we do is working wonders.
There are very few players in this league I would trade for ours. And thats not bias, thats a measure of just how good we are right now. Another couple of seasons of adding depth and quality and where might we be?
I dont see the need for going through a load of individual transfers and comparing the better value, this isnt the point. The point is that we have in general a young squad who havent won anything. Having that one star who has won big trophies, operating at the very top level is only going to help improve the younger players and elevate those players and the club to the level we aspire to be at. Im not asking to go scattergun on a load of stars, just one to supplement our current crop of talented players.....