Also missing is Sissoko who for many spurs supporters and insiders was their player of the season. If every team could unearth a Harry Kane, they would - sides have invested far more in their academies than us and haven’t come close yet it’s held up as a feasible strategy by some.
As you say, citing raw player values without taking account of the year they were signed and the role of inflation is sloppy apples and oranges. Never mind that even if we could claim that spurs practiced what others are preaching, the exception doesn’t prove the rule.
I wonder is baggytrousers a reference to the fact that he’s so full of s**t?