Tottenham sporting director Johan Lange discussed the club's summer transfer spending and the market for new signings, and said he never feared losing his job. In an interview with Danish magazine Borsen Pleasure, he also spoke about the backing of the club's leadership.
Transfer prices
Lange said: "Well, the prices. To a certain extent, you get used to them."
Lange said: "After all, these are the same amounts that competitors pay. All clubs’ scouting networks are so good these days that finding a player that others have overlooked, in a league that no one has heard of, for a tenth of the price – that race is over."
Lange said spending money "certainly raises expectations. But it’s not because I think about it every day. I think all clubs think it’s hard to find good players."
Limited options in the market
Lange said: "For people who aren’t into football, it might sound completely insane that there aren’t a lot of players to choose from when you have £80m. But how many players have the quality to justify such an investment?"
Lange said: "For every player you buy, you might have three or five clubs you talk to. If we need a right winger, we might be talking about five different players, five clubs, five agents. That’s a lot of balls to keep in the air at the same time."
His position at the club
Lange said: "I actually didn’t. Our CEO, the owners and the board could see that Tottenham had ended up here because of something that had happened over many years."
Lange said: "And they agreed with the strategy and could see that we were on the right track in several areas. So no, I never felt insecure in my job."