Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer has launched a scathing critique of Tottenham Hotspur, accusing the club of overspending during a massive £330 million summer transfer window makeover and warning that splashing an “absolute fortune” has only intensified the pressure on the team. The North London club underwent an aggressive squad overhaul ahead of the new campaign, bringing in a wave of high-profile acquisitions in a bid to bridge the gap to the Premier League elite.
However, according to the legendary Premier League striker, such heavy investment brings unrealistic expectations and creates unnecessary friction within the dressing room if results do not click immediately.
Speaking on the club’s heavy financial outlay, Shearer in a chat with Betfair didn’t hold back his assessment of the risks involved. ‘I’m not sure the fees warrant the ability, but no one would have expected them to be bottom of the league.’ He added: ‘I’ve said many times, that they brought the players in this summer, but they spent an absolute fortune on them.
On everyone, I think. ‘Van Hecke was a lot of money, Tonali was incredible money, Savio, and Marmoush (on loan) are others as well.
It is a long, long three weeks for Tottenham and they simply have to start winning football games when they are back from the international break. ‘All the bigger questions will start to be asked, if not already, if they don’t start winning football games very, very soon. ‘I still think they’ll have enough to stay up.
They’ll use the Aston Villa situation and what happened to them at the start of last season when I don’t think they won in their first five games and they then managed to climb the league and qualify for Europe again.