Ramos Wants Funds

In today's Guardian, Ramos sends the message to the Spurs board that he will need a serious influx of funds to get the players necessary to break into the top four.

With plenty of speculation about which players Ramos will bring to the club during the summer transfer period, a couple interesting points emerged from the Guardian article.

First, Ramos seems to challenge Levy and the board's emphasis in buying only young players in the transfer market:

"[The budget] is an internal situation we have to look at. The teams in the Champions League are there because they have the highest budgets and the best players.The best of the best are not the oldest, experienced or youngest. It is not about the players' ages if they are good enough."

And, somewhat worryingly, he seems not to have directly conveyed this to the Spurs directors:

The Tottenham manager has yet to meet his executive chairman, Daniel Levy, to discuss next season's budgets, but if his ambitious target is to be achieved, it will require finacial backing.

Tottenham's pursuit of rising young talent has left the team with a lot of potential after three years, but many players have yet to develop. Instead of hitting its stride with high impact transfers, the team seems always to be waiting for its young players to turn the corner in their development.

Moreover, without experienced veteran leadership, Spurs youngsters are less likely to adopt the work ethic and determination that is required of championship contenders.

Ramos' silverware addition to the Lane should hopefully give him some latitude with the board to pursue the type of transfers he is seeking. Spurs will need players who can make an immediate impact if they want to break into the top four.