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Published 09:24 28 Aug 2018 BST
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"They've made life difficult for Spurs. Restricted them to a couple of chances."What the hell has happened to Manchester United? United. Making life difficult for Spurs. At Old Trafford. A non-fatal opening 45 minutes clung onto as some sort of hope - for Manchester United - in a game they lost 3-0. At home. Now consider this:
Since Pochettino took over at Spurs, Manchester United have spent £630m. The NET spend in that time was £440m. In the same time, Spurs have spent £260m. NET spend: £19m.And, still, after being pummelled by Tottenham in front of over 74,000 people, Mourinho was being absolved of any sort of responsibility for this team he has and has been working with since June 2016. Instead, Ed Woodward was being blamed for not spending the guts of a century of millions on Harry Maguire's slab head. The manager, meanwhile, isn't expected to have any sort of control over any situation. Yet Pochettino is able to influence his team alright. Pochettino, whose boss wouldn't even fork out an extra 5 million for Jack Grealish, is somehow able show that he can actually be a manager of a football team as well as a money-spender. And Pochettino, who was denied buying even one player in the last transfer market, is able to completely crush a Manchester United side at Old Trafford and make it look as if Spurs have joined Liverpool and City in leaving Jose Mourinho behind. And he's done that in four years, with a NET investment of £421m less than what Ed Woodward has allowed for at United.
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