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Think that's a bit of a strawman, I'm just pointing out that developing a player is handled by a different part of the spurs staff than the scouting department. The original posters point is that the clubs he mentioned seemed to be able to find top talents for extremely low prices like clockwork. You naming two talents who took years to develop isn't nearly the same thing as the point he was making.
It's exactly the point he was making.
Our scouting / youth network identified Kane and bale for our youth and academy development teams.
The point of scouting is to identify potential, not identify Messi as one to keep an eye on.
There is not another club in the world he wouldn't kill to have identified and snapped up Kane and Bale before we did. (And Alli).
I think sometimes it's a case of grass is always greener with fans. My point is we have a fairly good record over the last decade of snapping up mega stars for next to nothing.