You miss the point I was making completely. It was strictly in reply to @glasgowspur and his argument that if we didn't sign xyz player we'd should have obtained Mane. My point was solely if you pick 3 players that, in hindsight, were relative failures to support your argument, I could equally pick 3 players that were successful signings, that in hindsight would make the missing out on Mane not so bad.
As I've said a couple of times we had the 5th biggest turnover in England when Levy took over and have the 6th biggest turnover now (although this year we may usurp Arsenal and be up to 5th again).
Sorry mate read your post in isolation didn't follow the thread.You miss the point I was making completely. It was strictly in reply to @glasgowspur and his argument that if we didn't sign xyz player we'd should have obtained Mane. My point was solely if you pick 3 players that, in hindsight, were relative failures to support your argument, I could equally pick 3 players that were successful signings, that in hindsight would make the missing out on Mane not so bad.
Nothing about Levy or the way we operate. Just a point of order
As I have said before if you look at Net spend and wages the things that Levy is responsible for we lag behind our rivals, so in a football sense if we were keeping up that is down to Poch's football acumen.
I think infrastructure (particularly the training ground), transfer policy (primarily a longer term focus) and wage management has been very important factors in us outperforming our financial starting point over some time. Pochettino has of course made a massive impact on top of that.
I think the transfer policy has been forced by the way Levy manages the purse strings. Of course we have had some success with long term prospects such as Bale and Dele but there have been far more duds, Huddlestone, Ziegler, Njie Nkoudou to name a few.
For sure Huddlestone was never top drawer but 200+ appearances for us plus a League Cup Winners medal says he was far from being a dud.
According to the Daily Star on Sunday, however, former Everton boss Martinez was interested in becoming the new Spurs boss and was considering leaving his post with Belgium, despite the Red Devils being one of the favourites to win next summer’s European Championships.
The newspaper adds that Martinez was always keen on leaving international management and returning to a club role if the right job presented itself, with the Spurs post said to be of immediate interest to the Spaniard.
It is claimed that Martinez was one of the candidates under consideration by Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy – who is an admirer of his work – but due to Mourinho making it clear that he wanted the job, Martinez and Spurs never scheduled formal talks.
According to the Daily Star on Sunday, however, former Everton boss Martinez was interested in becoming the new Spurs boss and was considering leaving his post with Belgium, despite the Red Devils being one of the favourites to win next summer’s European Championships.
The newspaper adds that Martinez was always keen on leaving international management and returning to a club role if the right job presented itself, with the Spurs post said to be of immediate interest to the Spaniard.
It is claimed that Martinez was one of the candidates under consideration by Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy – who is an admirer of his work – but due to Mourinho making it clear that he wanted the job, Martinez and Spurs never scheduled formal talks.
Unless your a paper creating column inches
