For the last 12-18 months, there has been a lot of talk about the Tottenham squad being stale and in desperate need of refreshing.
But what if we flipped that argument for a second?
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We have a group of players who stuck together for a five-year period without much, if any, talk of discontent or ambitions to move on, until this season at least. Even after the departures of Christian Eriksen and Danny Rose, previously two of our longest-serving players, this data shows that players stay longer at Spurs than they do at any other Premier League club.
An average stay of 49.3 months at the club – 10 more months than 18 teams in the division, shows that the club is providing an environment on and off the pitch where players want to spend the peak years of their careers.
Okay, that minute is up. So let’s flip the argument back.
Erik Lamela has been at Spurs 77 months, Eric Dier 65 months and Victor Wanyama 43 months. These are players who have been, and remain, dispensable to the squad that we have not been able to find buyers for.
Rose and Eriksen were part of that category before the January window.
The rebuild has started – for real this time – and must continue this summer.
Loyal is good. Comfortable and complacent is not.