Her er hvad Ange sagde:
They’ve built an unbelievable stadium, unbelievable training facilities but, when you look at their expenditure and particularly their wages structure, they’re not a big club,” he said.
“I saw that because, when we were trying to sign players, we weren’t in the market for those players.
“When you walk into Tottenham, what you see everywhere is ‘To Dare Is To Do’ (the club motto), and yet their actions are almost the antithesis of that. I think they didn’t realise that, to actually win, you’ve got to take some risks.
“I felt like Tottenham as a club were saying, ‘we’re one of the big boys’, and the reality is I don’t think they are.”
He added: “At the end of my first year, when we finished fifth, how do you go from fifth to really challenging? Well, we had to sign Premier League-ready players. But finishing fifth that year didn´t get us Champions League. We didn´t have the money, so we ended up signing Dom Solanke - who I was really keen on – and three teenagers [Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall and Wilson Odobert].
“I was looking at Pedro Neto, (Bryan) Mbeumo, (Antoine) Semenyo, and Marc Guehi, because I said, if we´re going to go from fifth to there [gestures higher], that´s what the other big clubs would do in that moment.
“And those three teenagers are outstanding young players, and I think they´ll be great players for Tottenham, but they´re not going to get you from fifth to fourth and third.
“But what was coming out from the club was that, ‘No, we´re a club that can compete on all fronts’.”
He later said: “I still felt like Tottenham, as a club, were saying we´re one of the big boys, and the reality is I don´t think they are in terms of my experience over the last two years.
“When Arsenal need players, they’ll spend £100m on Declan Rice. I don´t see Tottenham doing that. Maybe now, I don´t know. But not just in my history, even predating me. And again, a lot of that was, they were building a stadium, so obviously finances were a challenge.
“I guess the bit I didn´t realise was just how much Champions League football makes a difference, and I think that´s why there was always this desperation because that provided the kitty. So that means in my first year…we almost got there. We finished fifth - any other year that probably would’ve been [Champions League qualification].
“And if we did, maybe last year we wouldn´t have bought three teenagers. But I still don´t think we would have spent - it´s not the transfer fee, the wages to really attract. When was the last time Tottenham really signed somebody who you go, ‘Wow’.”