Spurs wasted £62m Poch Flop, who earned more than Spence & van de ven

It is fair to say that the last period of Tottenham’s continued positive momentum was under the leadership of Mauricio Pochettino.

Argentina spent more than five years in the Dugout of Lilywhites, during which time he turned them into one of the best teams in the country and led them to their first Champions League final.

But while the former boss has gained a lot during his time at the club, he has also made quite a few mistakes, especially in the transfer market.

He may be responsible for some excellent signings, such as sons Yang, Toby Alderweireld and Dele Alli, but he is also responsible for some lls, including one spending money, the club paid a fortune and earned money from Miky Van de Ven and Djed Spence.

Pochettino’s Worst Signature

Before connecting with the players involved, it’s worth checking out some of Pochettino’s other frustrating signings in the Spurs hot seat, from what has to be considered his worst: Tanguy Ndombele.

The North Londoner chose to spend £63m on the Lyon midfielder in the summer of 2019, and although it’s easy to tilt the deal now, there was a lot of excitement at the time, and David Heitner of The Guardian even compared the Frenchman even to Moussa Demibel.

Unfortunately, this comparison has never been nearly reasonable.

Over the next five years, the former Lyon ace will compete in only the 1st Team 91, where he scored ten goals and provided nine assists before eventually seeing his contract ended last summer, after another North Londoner’s salary and expenses of about £104 million.

Vincent Janssen’s signing is much cheaper, but still disappointing, with Vincent Janssen joining the club in the summer of 2016, from the Dutch side of AZ Alkmaar, which is about £19 million.

Now, while the Dutch still spends a lot of money, he falls under the “most disappointing” signing category under Pochettino due to expectations of what he is going to do and the reality he manages.

For example, in the season before his move, the Heisch-born scorer won Eredivisie Golden boots and amassed 31 goals and seven assists in 49 appearances in all games.

However, in his full season after full season in north London, he had only been able to call six goals and four assists in 38 games, and after borrowing a 17/18 season from Fenerbahçe, he was sold to Monterrey, Mexico, and a year later, he was sold to Monterrey for £6.3 million.

Overall, Janssen was a failure for the Spurs and Poch, but he didn’t spend the club’s money, like another signing in the Netherlands.

poch flop, lost millions of dollars to the Spurs

In the summer of 2017, Tottenham agreed to sell Kyle Walker to Manchester City, setting a record for the most expensive defender in football history.

This means they are now lightly behind, with a lot of cash burning a hole in their pockets.

So Pochettino and Daniel Levy looked to the continent and decided to sign the emerging Davinson Sanchez from Ajax for £42m.

In addition to breaking their transfer record to sign the then-21-year-old, the club decided to hand him his £65,000 a week, and if he was still making money today, he would make more than Van de Ven and Spence, who, despite the better performance of the players, made £50,000 a week.

That being said, Columbia International’s first season in North London was not all a failure, and he ended up playing 41 times in all the club’s games, but as the team began to make mistakes in the following years, he began to grab a lot of sticks.

For example, in his last season in North London, he scored 63 goals in the Premier League alone, and he was marked by champions “Dadewood” and “one of the worst players I’ve ever seen”, by Pugette and former pro Jamie O’Hara.

The Caloto-born defender made a total of 207 appearances for the club, scoring five goals and providing an assist before being sold to Galatasaray in September 2023.

So when you add his transfer fee (about £20.4 million) to the Spurs’ overall salary, the former Ajax star costs about £62.4 million, about £30,000 per insured, £12.4 million per target, £62.4 billion per target, £62.4 billion per target, £24 million, or £104 million or £100.4 million or £100.4 million or £100.4 million or £100.4 million.

Ultimately, while Sanchez isn’t Pochettino’s worst signing with the Spurs, he’s not far away, and Van de Ven and Spence are currently earning less than he does, suggesting the club has learned from their mistakes.