BAE tells Spurs to spend or end up like Aston Villa

Benoit Assou-Ekotto - THFC news

Benoit Assou-Ekoto has told the Tottenham board to financially match the Premier League big spenders.

BAE has warned Spurs that they must put their hands on the pockets, or end up like Aston Villa! Where did that come from Benny?

He told the Evening Standard: “If we want to become great, the club have to do certain things differently so as to match what the top teams do in a financial sense.

“Since we qualified for the Champions League, we can say, yes, we have become a big team.

“Now, to become like Chelsea or Manchester United, we need to keep the same team for the next couple of years and make everyone happy to stay, rather than being in the situation we were with Luka Modric during the summer.

“There’s a lot to be excited about at Spurs now with the new training ground and maybe a new stadium.

“It feels like the future could be really good for the fans but if the players don’t stay, we could end up like Aston Villa.

“Not long ago, they were maybe two or three players away from becoming a top team.

“They didn’t buy them and they didn’t keep the ones who were already there and since that time, they have taken a few steps back.

“Instead of being able to build on what they had, players ended up leaving Villa, so I hope Tottenham will make the right steps.”

“If a player is earning £3 somewhere and another club offers him £6, he will ask his current club to match that offer.

“If they don’t match it, he will move to another club, because he might feel undervalued.

“True, there are other things a player thinks about but the first thing a player speaks about when he is negotiating with a club is money.”

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