“Almost impossible” – Tottenham not aiming to win instant silverware next season despite UEL success

Tottenham need to increase the wage budget if the club wants to compete against top teams for the Premier League title

After seeing how last season went for Tottenham in the Premier League, the expectations will be at all-time low from the fans for the new campaign. The Lilywhites cannot expect to instantly compete against the big teams again as they look to slowly rebuild the team from the scratch. Despite enduring a disastrous domestic campaign, the North London club managed to exceed expectations and win the Europa League.

But the European success should not overshadow the fact that Spurs were just not good enough to perform well week in week out in the Premier League. Ange Postecoglou’s men finished the season just a place above the relegation zone, registering 22 losses along the way. They also failed to reach the 40-point mark in the league, and were lucky to not be involved in a relegation scrap.

However, one of the many factors that led the club to its worst ever domestic campaign was Daniel Levy’s inability to invest heavily in the squad. The financial gap between the top clubs and Tottenham is massive, and there is no way that the Lilywhites can compete at the top-end of the table if Levy is unable to back Thomas Frank in the summer.

Stefan Borson believes Tottenham are not looking to win trophies next season

In an ideal world, Tottenham can kick on from the Europa League success and win better competitions next year. But that is not how it works, and the Lilywhites are lacking in all departments to even compete against the top clubs in the Premier League. As per GiveMeSport, Spurs rank 7^th in the annual wage bill for this season (£113,581,000). In comparison, Man City rank 1^st (£224,733,600) and spent nearly double of what Daniel Levy invested on players at N17.

Finance expert Stefan Borson also believes that Tottenham cannot compete for trophies with the current wage structure. Speaking to Football Insider, Borson said,

“I think they’ll probably keep the wage bill under control again at £250-280million total wage bill. That compares with both City and Liverpool at over £400million. Arsenal are probably very close to that, and Chelsea are probably £350million, so they’re competing with much lower firepower. The chance of winning either of the Premier League or the Champions League is obviously very slim.”

The finance expert added,

“It’s extremely unlikely you’re going to win the Premier League with a wage bill of £250million. It’s almost impossible. It’s great to have big aims and targets. That’s normal for any organisation to have a big goal, but I don’t think realistically he’s expecting to compete for the title next season.”

Stefan Borson suggests that Tottenham will keep the wage bill between £250m-280m next season despite Champions League qualification. The finance expert adds that Man City and Arsenal will spend close to £400m on wages, and that makes it hard for the Lilywhites to compete with them next season. Borson adds that Spurs cannot win the Premier League with the current wage bill structure, and Daniel Levy is not expecting to compete for the title as the club has no intentions of increasing the limit.

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This is a shot in the face for the fans as Spurs have a massive chance to build on the Europa League success and set a winning culture at N17. Thomas Frank also announced in his first club interview that he intends to make Tottenham ‘serial winners’ under his management. But it seems like the Danish tactician will find it hard to deliver on his promise heading into next season.