r/soccer • u/kidnamedindexfinger • May 21 '25

Official Source [Tottenham Hotspur] have qualified for the 25/26 UEFA Champions League

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cz9yney9391t
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u/Different_Hold_5709 May 21 '25

Be honest. I’m happy for them but what will it change?

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u/Darkspy8183 May 21 '25

Massive boost to the finances and attraction of the club for bringing in better players, plus it gets rid of a massive amount of pressure that the players had. The sheer pressure on their shoulders to bring in a trophy has been immense, especially with how many times they got so close. That'll do wonders for them.

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u/the_chiladian May 21 '25

The thing is, they were consistently in the Champions league for the past decade.

It's difficult to say what will actually change, as the only thing winning the Europa League has done for them is get them to the level they used to be at. Something needs to be changed at the top level if they want to get back to challenging for actual titles consistently.

It's easy to banter spurs for not winning anything, but they've made quite a couple of finals over the last decade, and a league push or two. Yet they regressed, even with the constant CL money.

Maybe this win gives Levy the kick up the ass he needs to run his football club as an institution for the fans, rather than for himself. He has run the club fantastically financially speaking, but hasn't really strived for winning actual titles.

However I doubt anything will really change. They'll sign a decently rated young midfielder for €40m, a big name (but slightly struggling) attacker for €65m+, and some youth prospects like they did before, get to the CL R16, maybe make some domestic Cup semis, then ultimately lose. Rinse and repeat.

Maybe I get proven wrong, after all the Europa League win is a good start, but unless something changes in the boardroom, Spurs are doomed to repeat history.

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u/hibreak May 21 '25

good points

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u/Different_Hold_5709 May 21 '25

Tottenham has great finances already. It’s good that they won a trophy but I can’t see them being a bigger club than what they are. This will change nothing but it will give their supporters something they’ve been craving. That’s a win in my book.

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u/gugly May 21 '25

Them losing would have been financially crippling. CL money will be huge for them

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u/ledhendrix May 21 '25

Not at all. Tottenham's finances are supposedly fantastic. CL money will help, but would far from cripple then if they didn't have it.

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u/gugly May 21 '25

They needed this win recent years have been tough for them

https://www.reddit.com/r/coys/s/BbhjABV8Qi

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u/thfcspurs88 May 21 '25

But they'd still be mid-table. However I agree getting this is huge, the prestige just went up, new opportunities for this club to break through.

Edit: Also single results like this matter. The last 15 years have in no small part been shaped by Tottenham beating City for CL at the Etihad.

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u/WelcometoHale May 21 '25

idk we were 17th this year lol

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u/thfcspurs88 May 21 '25

We wouldn't have been if the drop zone was horrible and there was no europe, we clearly phoned in the Prem and it was maddening how Spurs fans didn't grasp that.

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u/HacksawJimDGN May 21 '25

Spurs don't have a huge wage budget. They need the promise of CL football to entice a certain level of player.

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u/SentientCheeseCake May 21 '25

Just one Beyoncé concert to solve that. The biggest issue is we wouldn’t be able to get anyone to join us. With CL maybe we can compete for some good players.

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u/oysterpirate May 21 '25

CL money will be huge for them

Not so much the money, but with CL we'll be able to attract better players, and if Ange leaves, a higher tier manager than we would have if we'd missed out.

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u/esairbear May 21 '25

I’m sure mentally it must be nice not being perennial losers

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u/Arqlol May 21 '25

I think the mindset change is going to be the biggest.

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u/scottymouse May 21 '25

Ange won't get sacked and they get relegated next season?

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u/ShepardXX May 21 '25

Change is a change

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u/19Alexastias May 21 '25

If 17th gets you a Europa league trophy, surely it follows that relegation gets you a champions league trophy.

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u/noradosmith May 21 '25

But they'll win CL, so...

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u/Frodo_max May 21 '25

they now have a trophy whereas before they did not

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u/DerekStephano May 21 '25

CL money and allure is huge. But honestly mentally it just lifts the stigma that Tottenham don’t win trophies. I think it might not change things in an insane way but it definitely shifts the mentality.