This is true but it's a different context. The calibre of players Inter were able to bring relative to the strength of the rest of the league meant that in absolute terms sums didn't need to be as large. Yet in his two year spell only Juventus spent more, whereas the equivalent spell at Spurs had us 5th.
Conte needs top players. His system is too rigid and specific to work without those guys. For me we should have never tried to hire him. We didn't have a 3 at the back squad and so the amount of work necessary to get it working was significant.
Tbc I'm not an advocate of the spend, spend, spend model but I understand the type of coach that both Mourinho and Conte are. If you hire them, you have to be prepared to purchase ready made, experienced pros that will likely cost more than usual. It's just what they require. Anything else is a waste of their and our time.
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