Sad, but perhaps not unexpected, to see you descend to this level.
Some of those players you list were signed by Pochettino (Son, Moura, Dier, Wanyama, Alderweireld and many of the others were developed into such good players under Pochettino (Kane and Rose certainly, you could possibly even argue Dembele and Eriksen).
I've asked several times and, so far, you haven't responded with an example.... Are there other managers in the big European leagues who have managed to take their club to consistent CL qualification spots despite having the 6th lowest wage budget and 10th biggest transfer budget?
I am trying out the other side of the coin, I must say its quite refreshing. Just make excuses for everything, dont think about it too much, I can see the appeal.
I havent responded, because its not the point. As is very common with you these days, you zero in on a factor beside the point (and rarely even the point I was making) and make the discussion about that. Ignoring anything that actually challenges you.
Why focus on the budget so much? Because that way you dont have to admit that Poch has easily one of the top 4 squads in the league, and so top 4 finishes arent actually miraculous.
Players win matches, not budgets.
Managers win matches, through developing and working with players, not through salaries.
Some teams can afford to buy the finished product. So they do. And that way the end up with excellent players (in theory at least).
Other teams, like us, cant. So we buy very talented young players, develop them, and end up with excellent players.
The journey is different, the destination the same.
If you really are determined to focus on the money aspect so much, perhaps you should be looking at what our players would cost to buy now, rather than what we bought them for? Perhaps then you would see that by working differently, we actually have much more parity with these clubs than you would like to admit.
