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Tottenham Hotspur are a great example of what Newcastle can achieve next season. At times they have been fantastic this season, leading some to believe that, until a short while ago, they were a genuine title contender.

The Spurs' blueprint is being utilized in Newcastle, and if you look closely, many similarities can be drawn between the two clubs and the way they do business.

The creation of this Spurs team really began with the sale of star striker Dimitar Berbatov for £30 million; not dissimilar to Newcastle's sale of their own star No. 9, Andy Carroll, for only £5 million more.

Though the two are big clubs, most of their spending has come courtesy of these two major sales, leaving them with very similar squads.

Both sides are built around fantastic wingers—Tottenham with Gareth Bale and Newcastle with Hatem Ben Arfa—and each have a pair of prolific goal-scorers up front, with the Senegalese duo at Newcastle and Adebayor & Defoe at Tottenham.

Most notably, though, the two teams have fantastic managers in Alan Pardew and Harry Redknapp, both of whom have been touted for the vacant England job for Euro 2012.

Looking at the season-by-season improvements by Spurs, and the similarities between the sides, its not too hard to see that Newcastle could be in the same place in a year's time.