Tottenham hotspur deserve great credit for the first-team opportunities they provide for their youngsters.
Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy spoke during an interview for NBC‘s documentary covering the club’s move to their new 61,000 capacity stadium, and expressed his belief that bringing young players through the academy is more beneficial to the club than buying expensive stars.
Tottenham fans have grown frustrated with their club’s board over the past few years for failing to spend the money they deemed as being necessary to their hopes of forcing their way inside the band of Europe’s elite clubs.
It is hard to criticise Levy and co, however, with he team currently flying high in second position in the Premier League table, albeit a distant 10 pints adrift of league leaders Chelsea.
And the Tottenham chairman explained how they have been forced to focus on the production and development of young talent rather than spending heavily on recruitment, when speaking to NBC’s Roger Bennett:
Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy
“When you have players that come through the academy they have Spurs in their blood and I think you tend to get more out of a home-grown player than just buying in a player. We weren’t a club that could continue spending tens or hundreds of millions of pounds each year and we had to find a way to break that deadlock.”
A key element to Spurs’ recent success has been the exceptional job performed by Maurico Pochettino.
The Argentine takes great pride in working with youngsters, and developing them into stars of the future.
And in today’s business, where results are paramount to a manager’s job security, that in itself has to be admired.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino
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