If Tottenham Hotspur were a PowerPoint presentation to be shown to a wealthy investor, every slide would go down a storm. State-of-the-art training ground, tick, and one of the plushest stadiums in Europe, tick. An inner-London location, absolutely, housing a club with a rich football history, sure, and a modern record of playing in the Champions League, perfect. And what about the numbers? Hefty wages to cover? Big transfers to absorb? Surely some Profitability and Sustainability Rules problems to solve? Nope, none of those.
This is the present Tottenham, built like an asset to sell, more than a team to succeed. Ange Postecoglou is certainly not blameless for Spurs lying 15th in the Premier League, after losing six of their past seven matches — far