Christian Eriksen is unconcerned by Tottenham’s lack of activity in the transfer market so far this summer

Christian Eriksen is unconcerned by Tottenham’s lack of summer signings and says it is an English habit to equate spending with success.

With a lucrative Premier League TV deal now paying dividends, six of last season’s top seven clubs have bought at least one £30million player.

The exception is Spurs, who are yet to recruit anyone – a source of frustration and concern for some fans.

However, Eriksen has no such worries and has pointed out what happened in the summer of 2013, when the Lilywhites spent £108million on seven new players including Roberto Soldado, Paulinho, Vlad Chiriches and Etienne Capoue, who all struggled and departed two years later.

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“I don’t think you need to spend to win anything,” said the Dane. “It’s just a matter of how you see a team, how the players are.

“Only [Kyle] Walker has left in our team and we know what we did last season, so I can’t see why we shouldn’t be able to do hopefully even better than last season. It’s an English thing isn’t it. It’s an English thing where you have to spend money to win something, apparently.





“But also I read something from the gaffer where he said our club is just different compared to other clubs, in that we don’t spend as much money as them. When I came there were seven new players at the same time and you saw how that ended. Now in the last few seasons we haven’t bought as many players and it’s changed around.

“You have to have a philosophy, a plan, and it looks like we have one. It’s the same lads trying to become better, help each other, and that makes it easier – when you have known your team-mate from day one.

“If you buy a lot of players, everyone needs to know what is going on straight away and be a bit lucky.

“We are lucky at Spurs at the moment. Everybody knows what’s going on and what needs to be done. Spurs are in a lucky position.”

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While Tottenham have cashed in on Walker, accepting a £50m offer from Manchester City that made the right-back the most expensive defender ever, Eriksen is not expecting a spate of departures – and for his own part he remains perfectly content with life in the capital.

“I like living in London. I wouldn’t have extended my contract if I didn’t,” said the 25-year-old, speaking after taking part in a Q&A with Florida-based youngsters involved in the Special Olympics organisation.

“Even now you always see something new when you go into London, little shops popping up. The family have been here enough so I don’t need to show them around any more.

Playing for Spurs is special. I was saying to my girlfriend on holiday that I’d just realised it’s going to be my fifth season here and it’s gone so quick.

“The first season with the new manager was different but the last three has been the same people, same staff.

“As a team we are very young and everyone has a long contract. No-one has to go away, they are happy where they are.

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“Of course it’s something we can improve on, because when you’re young you learn, and that’s what we’re doing now. I think everyone felt last season that we were on the right road, but Chelsea were just winning all those games 1-0.

“We have the feeling something special is on the way, and hopefully we can turn it around from last season and keep that same feeling as well, to get the season started and be in a good shape straight away.”

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