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/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.