I'm not sure Modric was a punt. He was an audacious talent who had already looked good against Arsenal in the Champions League. A lot of teams were looking at him. He was a fairly big signing at the time.I don't have a problem with the path the club is taking, I just wish they were more open and informative about it as I think it could help dampen expectations to a more realistic level amongst some of the fanbase.
I see people turning their nose up at Rashford in another thread with some saying we shouldn't be taking players on their way down, do these people not realise that top players on their way up are not going to come to Tottenham? We are just not at the required level to compete for these players.
Kane (Homegrown) Modric (Punt from a foreign league) Bale (Youngster punt) etc, in my opinion 3 truly World class players that have passed through our club, none were purchased.
Even the great Ferguson at Man utd greatest years were produced by homegrown talents.
I get your point though. We don't generally buy big and when we have in tends to be a bit of a disaster - Rebrov, Soldado, Ndombele, Lo Celso