The £150million injection into the football side of Tottenham was designed and broadly interpreted as a show of support for Antonio Conte.
It is a public response to Conte’s now-familiar grumblings about the need for the club to prove they share his unquenchable desire to fight for trophies if they want him to stick around and continue the impressive work he started in November.
‘We need to improve a lot,’ said the Italian, after a 5-0 win at Norwich on Sunday clinched a return to the Champions League for Spurs after two years out.