hope not. lets do it the right way instead of cheating. we lambast city for their spending so i hope we dont do the same.
Speak for yourself, fella. I don't.
Sure, I would much prefer that City (and Chelsea, for that matter) had never won the lottery.
And, sure, I'd love Spurs to become a club that regularly wins the Premier League title and the Champions League without spending any unearned money.
But if, every time we get close to becoming a regular CL team, another club wins the lottery, outspends us by hundreds of millions and consequently overtakes us, then I'm very much of the opinion: if you can't beat 'em join 'em.
Let's not forget the real purpose of FFP. It had nothing to do with helping well run clubs like Spurs that reside, frustratingly, just outside the CL elite. It was introduced to preserve the status of the established CL clubs. The CL was their private gravy train. And they didn't want anyone else getting on. They just happened to be the ones in possession when the CL first started. And with the benefit of huge revenues from the CL, they were able virtually to corner the market in players, money, trophies and CL qualification - which helped to earn them more money, more trophies, more top players and more CL qualification. And so on ad infinitum.
All of that was threatened by the sudden emergence of clubs like Emirates Marketing Project, PSG and Malaga. So, all of a sudden, FFP became a priority. It was imperative that no other club should be allowed to have ideas above its station. Inequality was only okay, after all, if it favoured the established CL elite.
Whatever happens now, Spurs will not be able to do a Emirates Marketing Project or a Chelsea. We will not be able to spend many hundreds of millions on transfer fees with money that isn't ours. We will never be able to have a wage bill that dwarfs our turnover.
But, should we become the beneficiaries of a new owner's wealth, we could get a new stadium for free. And we could clear our modest debt of £56 million - because it has been accrued only as a consequence of building the new training ground and buying and preparing property for the NDP.
And that would leave us with far greater revenue and no debt or interest to pay.
I could live with that with a completely clear conscience.