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What if there's 3 or 4 other teams spending enough to challenge for the title? What does that guarantee you? There's at least 3 other teams that we can't afford to outspend they can blow us out the water, and therefore that strategy falls to pieces, as unless you keep up with them you're not spending to challenge.Exactly - if you spend enough to actually challenge for the title, then the most likely result of failure to win the league is still a CL qualification.
If the target is just to finish 3/4 in the league, then you're battling with 3 or 4 other teams trying to do the same, and the risk of failure is much greater.
That said, I'm sure the transfer budget will still largely be based on sales, which is why Pochettino seems to want clarity on the sales asap, rather than having Levy haggling for the next 3 months. In my opinion we have to get the outgoings done before players go to the World Cup. Sure, we could have a couple that might have "worldie" tournaments, but is it worth the risk of wait and see??