Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
21%
5 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
65/100
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Lange joined the Tottenham hierarchy in late 2023 and has overseen some turbulent years.
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Lange → join → years
His tenure has seen the club celebrate Europa League glory in Bilbao, and also twice finish 17th in the Premier League.
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club → see → League
Spurs blew through three managers and left it until the final day of the campaign to secure their safety in the top flight.
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Spurs → blow → flight
In a bid to avoid repeating that feat, Spurs spent heavily this summer to overhaul Roberto De Zerbi’s squad.
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Spurs → avoid → squad
They invested well over £300m to sign eight first-team players including Sandro Tonali, Mateus Fernandes, Savio and Jan Paul van Hecke.
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They → invest → Tonali
Each player signed came from within the Premier League except Fernandes, who moved from relegated West Ham.
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who → sign → Ham
Spurs’ expensive approach to the market was a departure from the growing trend of buying high-potential young players from lesser leagues as investments, the strategy preferred by the likes of Brighton and Brentford.
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approach → grow → Brighton
But Lange was adamant Spurs did not overpay for any of their summer targets, and waved away the idea the club was under more pressure to impress as a result of their outlay.
“Well, the prices.
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club → overpay → outlay
To a certain extent, you get used to them,” he explained in an interview with Danish magazine Borsen Pleasure.
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he → get → Pleasure
“After all, these are the same amounts that competitors pay.
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competitors → pay → that
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.
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race → find → price
“(The money spent) certainly raises expectations.
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money → spend → expectations
But it’s not because I think about it every day.
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I → ’ → it
I think all clubs think it’s hard to find good players.
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it → think → players
“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.
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you → sound → m.
But how many players have the quality to justify such an investment?
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players → have → investment
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“For every player you buy, you might have three or five clubs you talk to.
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you → read → clubs
If we need a right winger, we might be talking about five different players, five clubs, five agents.
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we → need → players
That’s a lot of balls to keep in the air at the same time.”
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That → ’ → time
Lange continued, revealing he never considered the prospect of losing his job as Spurs flirted with the drop last season.
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Spurs → continue → drop
“I actually didn’t.
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I → do → ?
Our CEO, the owners and the board could see that Tottenham had ended up here because of something that had happened over many years.
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that → see → years
“And they agreed with the strategy and could see that we were on the right track in several areas.
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we → agree → areas
So no, I never felt insecure in my job.”
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I → feel → job
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