Tottenham boss Antonio Conte believes that the club needs another three windows to compete with their Premier League rivals. He admitted that they are not able to spend the same money as their rivals. Tottenham (£172m) were the fourth highest spenders in the market behind Chelsea (£278.4m), Manchester United (£227.4m), and West Ham (£179.2m). He believes that not enough was invested in proven players.
“If you sign a player for £80m or £100m on the last day you have a big advantage because it means you are signing a top player. You can sign players also for free or on loan, and it is a different situation. I want to be very clear on that,” Tottenham boss Antonio Conte said. “I think we did what we could do and in the right time because the vision was very clear about the money to spend, about getting the free players or on loan because then we spend money on two players, Richarlison and Yves Bissouma, and other players on loan or also for free.”
“I see the other squads of the top teams and there is too much distance. To be competitive and to fight to be a title contender and to try to get a place in Champions League you need at least three transfer windows more to improve and to be at the same level as the other clubs,” he added. “I’m sure that we are going in the right way for the capacity of the club at this moment to invest money. We have to be realistic to understand that there are different clubs that can invest different money and other clubs that can invest normal money. For sure, the path is hard because of this aspect. We did the right things, but we have just started, if someone thinks we have completed the situation, we are very far from this.”
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